Data protection
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy. To ETH Zurich the protection not only of your personal but the safety and security of all data that flows through our institution is important. As part of this effort, we process personal data in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Law and, where applicable, with EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Please feel free to contact us at if you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or if you need more information than we have shown here. Alternatively, you can reach us at our postal address: ETH Zurich, Legal Service (Datenschutz), Rämistrasse 101, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
Last revision: October 2018.
Please also note the Disclaimer of ETH Zurich
swisscovery
For the use of the external pageETH Library @ swisscoverycall_made please refer to external pageSLSP Privacy Policycall_made. This Privacy Statement describes what personal data are processed for what purposes and how such data are collected. It also explains which rights you have in connection with the processing of your personal data.
Conditions of Use, Fees
The Conditions of Use regulate the rights and obligations of the library and the users.
Open-access publication costs
By using the protected pageapplication for open-access publication feeslock, you agree that your data will be stored on the servers of ETH Zurich. We will use your data exclusively for the purpose of processing the application and will not pass them on to third parties, with exception of the publication data of publications paid for by ETH, which will be passed on to external pageOpenAPCcall_made within the context of the national monitoring.
The ETH Library chat service
The ETH Library uses the software external pageLibraryh3lpcall_made for the chat service on this website and the Search Portal. The following data are stored temporarily on the service provider’s servers:
- A randomly generated string of characters as an internal ID for each conversation
- The web address from which the chat form was being called
- The IP address of the device from which the chat service was being accessed
- Timestamps regarding the beginning and duration of the conversation as well as the wait time between request and answer
- The chat history
These data are not shared with any third party and will be deleted weekly on the service provider’s servers by the ETH Library.
The ETH Library keeps an anonymized copy of these data without the corresponding IP addresses for quality assurance and for improvement of the service. Communication is encrypted via HTTPS.
Social Media
The ETH Library refers to the netiquette of ETH Zurich.
Furthermore, the Social Media Guidelines of ETH Zurich (RSETHZ 203.24en) of 26 February 2013 are in effect.
Cookies
This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored permanently or temporarily on your computer when you visit this website. Their main function is to analyse how a website is used, both for statistical evaluation and to help continually improve the site. You can set your browser to partly or completely deactivate cookies at any time; once cookies have been deactivated, however, some features of this website may not function properly.