Privacy Policy

Welcome to our website! We are pleased to have you visit the Swiss Sport Integrity website.

General information

The protection of your personal data is a top priority for us. "Personal data" (hereinafter also referred to as "data") means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. cookie) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. We receive data about you when you register with us, sign up for our offers or otherwise voluntarily provide us with data.

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored permanently or temporarily on your computer when you visit the website. The purpose of cookies is to analyze usage for statistical evaluation and for continuous improvements to the website. You can deactivate cookies completely or partially in your browser settings at any time (see below). If cookies are deactivated, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of the website.

The owner of the data collection is the Swiss Sport Integrity Foundation, Eigerstrasse 60, 3007 Bern.

Types of data processed by us:

  • Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses)
  • Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers)
  • Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos)
  • Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times)
  • Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses)

The Swiss Sport Integrity website contains contact forms. As we collect your data to process your request, we do so on the basis of legitimate interests.

The data entered is encrypted using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). This is a protocol for encrypting data between the web server and browser for secure data transmission on the Internet. However, transmissions over the Internet are never completely secure or error-free, and stored data is not free from vulnerabilities. The online transmission of your data is also at your own risk.

In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we endeavor to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or falsification.

We treat data as strictly confidential, do not sell it and do not pass it on to unauthorized third parties. Your data will not be stored for longer than is necessary to fulfill a legitimate purpose.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on the operating system of your device with the help of the browser when you visit our website.

We use cookies so that we can make our website more user-friendly. By storing cookies on your device, we can recognize your browser when you visit the site again. This allows us to save certain settings so that you do not have to re-enter them when you visit the website again. The use of cookies and the processing of your data in this regard is based on the legal basis of our legitimate interests in designing a user-friendly website.

The cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. You can delete them completely or deactivate or restrict their transmission by changing the settings in your Internet browser. If you deactivate cookies for our website, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, compilation, and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data on which website a data subject came to a website from (so-called referrers), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for the cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the flow of visitors to our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of our website. 

The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

Medication Inquiry Service

The Medication Inquiry Service Global DRO is provided through a partnership between Swiss Sport Integrity, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Sport Integrity Australia (SIA), Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) are official licensees of Global DRO.

The search queries in the various countries are recorded for statistical purposes. The corresponding data protection regulations can be found on the Global DRO website.

Login Simon Whereabouts

The Simon Whereabouts platform allows the transmission of whereabouts. The website is provided by the Swiss Sport Integrity Foundation, Eigerstrasse 60, 3007 Bern, Switzerland. The corresponding data protection provisions can be found on the website. The Swiss Sport Integrity processing regulations apply to the processing of athletes' data.

Reporting Portal

The Swiss Sport Integrity service includes a reporting portal for suspected cases. As we collect your data to process your request, we do so on the basis of legitimate interests. Suspicions can also be reported anonymously. The website is provided by the Swiss Sport Integrity Foundation, Eigerstrasse 60, 3007 Bern, Switzerland. The corresponding data protection provisions can be found on the website.

Types of data processed by us:

  • Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses)
  • Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers)
  • Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos)

Clean Winner

“Clean Winner” is an e-learning course which has been developed for performance-oriented sport with the Norwegian company Task. In order for Swiss Sport Integrity to keep statistics, names, e-mail addresses and the relevant national sports association must be recorded. The corresponding data protection regulations can be found on the website.

Your Rights

You can request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by Swiss Sport Integrity. If this is the case, you can request specific information about the processing.

You can request the deletion of personal data concerning you. The data will be deleted if the relevant requirements are met. The right to erasure cannot be granted if the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression, for compliance with a legal obligation, for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact legal(a)sportintegrity.ch.