Who we are

CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. Anyone aged seven to seventeen can visit a Dojo where they can learn to code, build a website, create an app or a game, and explore technology in an informal, creative, and social environment.

Verein CoderDojo Zug supports this purpose by organizing events for children in the Canton Zug region. Verein CoderDojo Zug is organized as a Verein and registered with the Zug Commercial Register (Handelregister).

Our website address is: https://swisscoderdojo.org.

Introduction

At Verein CoderDojo Zug we value your privacy, and we appreciate that how your personal data is used and shared is important to you. We take the responsibility of protecting your data seriously, and this page provides you with details of how we collect and process your information through the use of our website.  We will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under Swiss and EU law.

If you are not happy with any aspect of how we collect and use your data, please let us know so we can resolve it for you. It is important to us that the information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. By signing up for and/or attending one of our events you are accepting this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to our use of your personal information in the manner described below.

By providing us with your data, you warrant to us that you are over 18 years of age and are the parent or legal guardian of anyone under 18 years of age that will attend one of our events. We ask that no-one under the age of 18 supply us with any personal information.

What data do we collect about you

We may collect and store information which includes, but is not limited to, the following information about you:

  • Your Title
  • Your Name
  • Telephone Number
  • E-mail Address
  • Child’s name
  • Child’s sex (male/female)
  • Child’s age / school grade

Verein CoderDojo Zug will hold your information in a safe, confidential and secure environment. We will never sell, rent or forward your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

How we collect your personal data

We collect data about you a number of ways including:

  • You may provide data by filling in forms on our site, by communicating with us by post, phone or email. If you contact us through our website contact sheet, we will treat your data as we treat all other collected data and keep it only until we have resolved your query.
  • Automated technologies or interactions: As you use our site, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and usage patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites that use our cookies.

How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when we need to communicate with you about upcoming events. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time by emailing us at contact@swisscoderdojo.org. We will only use your personal data to:

  • Replying to emails from you.
  • Contacting you by email, telephone or post with information, news about our events.
  • We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing not connected with CoderDojo events and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under Swiss Law and the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.

Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those Verein volunteers who have a need to know such data. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for – which is for the duration of registration for the specific Dojo you are signing up for, plus one week after the event finishes. If you specifically request that we keep your information so that we can contact you about future Dojos, we will require that request in writing.

Your legal rights

You have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.
  • Request correction of your personal data.
  • Request erasure of your personal data.
  • Object to processing of your personal data.
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.
  • Request transfer of your personal data.
  • Right to withdraw consent.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month.  

Third-party links

Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

Cookies

  • A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
  • Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and/or services in response to what you might need or want.

Cookies are either:

  • Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
  • Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.

Cookies can also be categorised as follows:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and/or service, and therefore cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
  • Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
  • Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.

This Data Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time.
Last update: March 2019