Privacy Policy and Cookies

Privacy Policy and Cookies

The operators of the website www.montreuxdocument.org (Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), Secretariat for the Montreux Document Forum) take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations.

Personal data refers to information such as names, addresses, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and all other information regarding a specific person. We employ technical and organizational measures to ensure that we, along with external service providers, comply with data protection requirements.

When you visit our website, data is automatically stored in a log file each time a page is accessed:

• the IP address of the computer sending the request
• date and time of access
• the name and URL of the page that is retrieved
• the data volume that is sent when the page is transmitted
• the access status (page transferred, page not found etc.)
• data regarding the browser and operating system
• the website from which the site was accessed

This data is stored for the purpose of assisting and securing operations. You can use our website for informational purposes without providing personal information.

The use of our website is possible without giving personal data. If personal data are collected on our pages, it is always done on a voluntary basis. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We hereby advise that data transmissions over the Internet (e.g. during e-mail communications) may be vulnerable to security gaps. It is not possible to fully protect data against third-party access. Therefore, data that must be protected should only be transmitted over a secure connection (SSL).

Cookies

The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and safer. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and which your browser saves. Most of the cookies we use are so called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on the next visit. You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, to allow cookies in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. The functionality of this website may be limited when cookies are deactivated.

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is the Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. For more information about how to deal with Google Analytics user data, please visit Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Browser plugin

You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie (including your IP address) related to your use of the website, as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available at the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

How to stop data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to this site: disable Google Analytics

Consent or refusal of cookies

The consent or refusal of cookies - even for webtracking - can be given by the settings of your web browser. You can set your web browser to notify whenever new cookies are about to set, or generally decline cookies. However, it is possible that you will not be able to use all the features of our website as long as cookies are deactivated.

To find out more visit the following links:

• Internet Explorer: support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
• Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies