Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for sgfer.org

Effective Date: 25.02.2024

Thank you for visiting sgfer.org, the web presence of the St.Gallen Economic Review (“we,” “us,” or “our”), a student run club of the University of St.Gallen. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website or use our services.

By accessing or using our website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our website.

1. Information We Collect:

a. Personal Information:

  • When you create an account on our website, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, and any additional information you choose to provide.
  • If you make a purchase or sign up for a service, we may collect billing and payment information.

b. Automatically Collected Information:

  • Our website uses standard cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. This includes your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and operating system.

2. Use of Information:

a. Personal Information:

  • We use the personal information you provide to create and manage your account, process transactions, and communicate with you about our services.
  • With your explicit consent, we may display information you provide on your user profile.

b. Automatically Collected Information:

  • Unless you opt out, we can use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your user experience, for example by keeping you logged in and analyze our website performance, e.g. visitor statistics.

3. Disclosure of Information:

  • We may disclose your personal information as required by law or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, investigate fraud, or comply with a judicial proceeding.

4. Your Choices:

a. Account Information:

  • You can review, update and delete your account information by logging into your account settings.

b. Cookies:

  • Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.

5. Security:

We employ reasonable security measures to protect the information we collect. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Changes to this Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will be indicated by the “Effective Date” at the beginning of the policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us:

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at sgfer@shsg.org.

Thank you for visiting the St.Gallen Economic Review.