Privacy Policy

Effective 2 November 2020.

This Online Privacy Notice (“Privacy Policy”) explains how we handle the Personal Data provided to us on websites, mobile sites, mobile applications, and other digital services and products controlled by the Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation (“FOR”), Werftestrasse 4, P.O. Box 2558, 6002 Lucerne, Switzerland, that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, “FOR Sites”). FOR is the data controller for the processing of Personal Data under applicable law.
This Privacy Notice does not apply to FOR Sites that do not link to this Privacy Policy or to third-party Web sites to which FOR Sites may link.

Types of Information We Collect Online

The types of Personal Data that we may collect while you use the FOR Sites are described in this section and include both information that you provide to us and information that we collect automatically when you use the FOR Sites.
For purposes of this Privacy Notice, “Personal Data” means information that identifies you or that could reasonably be used to identify you. Examples of Personal Data include name, address, telephone number, and email address.

Information You Provide
You do not have to register for a service or program to receive much of the information available through FOR Sites. However, some of our content is available only to registered or identified users and will require you to set up a profile or provide specific information about yourself in order to provide you the service.

Personal Data You Provide When Visiting FOR Sites
FOR collects Personal Data that you provide on FOR Sites, for example, when creating a FOR account, contacting FOR customer service, or responding to FOR questionnaires or surveys. This could include:

Contact Information such as your name, address, phone number, or email address
Registration Information such as your username and password
Employment, education and other background information when you inquire about employment with FOR
Payment information (such as banking information, payment card number, expiration date, delivery address, and billing address)
Content you may provide (for example, when you complete our Online Contact Form or submit other information).

Personal Data You Share During Other Interactions with FOR
You may contact FOR to ask questions, discuss your concerns, or report issues regarding our products. If you communicate with or request information from FOR, you may be prompted to provide your contact information as well as any Personal Data that is relevant to your request.

Information That May Be Collected Automatically

When you use the FOR Sites, we also may collect certain usage and device information automatically as described below.

IP Address
We may record the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of your computer or other electronic device when you visit the FOR Sites. An IP address identifies the electronic device you use to access the Sites, which allows us to maintain communication with your computer as you move about FOR Sites and to customize content.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We also collect information about your use of FOR Sites through tracking technologies such as cookies and web beacons. A “cookie” is a unique numeric code that is transferred to your computer to track your interests and preferences and to recognize you as a returning visitor. A “Web beacon” is a transparent graphic image placed on a Web site, e-mail or advertisement that enables the monitoring of things such as user activity and site traffic. These technologies help remember your preferences and allow us to bring you the content and features that are likely to be of greatest interest to you on the basis of “clickstream” data that shows your previous activities on FOR Sites.
We utilize Google Display Advertising (such as Retargeting with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration, and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting) to (1) show you our ads on other websites based on your prior visits to FOR Sites, and (2) better understand our ad impressions and use of ad services. In connection with the Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting service, we may use data from Google's interest-based advertising or third-party audience data (such as age, gender and interests) with Google Analytics to understand and improve our marketing campaigns and Site content.

Some of our online advertising takes place through Google Display Advertising. As part of this program, we use Google Analytics features such as Retargeting. In connection with that feature and others offered by ad networks, we and the operators of ad networks, including Google, may use third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) – and in some cases first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) – to inform, optimize and serve ads across the Internet, based on a user's past visits to FOR Sites. We also may show you ads from some of our related companies when you visit FOR Sites.

You can opt out of Google Ads by visiting http://www.google.com/ads/preferences. If you do not want your data used by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at the Google Analytics opt-out page.

This FOR Site is not designed to respond to "do not track" signals received from browsers.

To learn more about cookies and other tracking technologies, including how to disable them, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Please note that some cookies are essential to the functioning of our Sites and deleting or disabling them will reduce the site’s functionality.

Mobile Tracking
Some FOR Sites are available either as mobile applications or mobile sites that you can use on your mobile device. If you use a mobile device to access and use the FOR Sites, we may collect the following mobile-specific information in addition to the other information described above: device or advertising ID, device type, hardware type, media access control (“MAC”) address, international mobile equipment identity (“IMEI”), the version of your mobile operating system, the platform used to access or download the FOR Site (e.g., Apple, Google, Amazon, Windows), location information and usage information about your device and your use of the FOR Sites.

Information Collected from Other Sources
We may combine information about you from a visit to one FOR Site with information about you from visits to other FOR Sites. We may also combine information about you that is collected through the FOR Sites with information that we have collected offline, as well as with information provided to us by third parties.

How We Use Your Information

We use your Personal Data to provide you the product and services you request, communicate with you, improve your experience on the FOR Sites, generally improve our services and for other internal business purposes. These uses may also include the recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of Personal Data. The Personal Data we collect about you may be stored and / or archived for no longer than necessary for the purposes set out above, in accordance with applicable laws.

Providing Services You Request
If you choose to receive our services, we use the Personal Data that you provide through FOR Sites to process payments, to respond to your questions, provide you the services you request and offer an optimal customer experience.

Marketing
You may also receive marketing information from FOR and related companies, such as offers regarding FOR related services, invitations to participate in surveys about our services, or notifications about special promotions. In such cases, we will use your contact and other Personal Data to send you marketing information.

Customized User Experiences
The Personal Data that you provide may be used to create customized offers, information, or services tailored to your interests and preferences. Also, we may use your IP address and the data that we obtain automatically through the use of cookies or similar tracking technologies to make our FOR Sites easier to use and navigate as well as to personalize the content provided on FOR Sites by anticipating the information and services that may be of interest to you.

Business and Product Improvement
In order to discover new facts that could help FOR better understand customer needs and help improve, develop, and evaluate product, services, materials, and programs. FOR analyzes the information that you have provided. For these purposes FOR does not use information that can directly identify you.

Site Analytics and Improvement
We may use the information that you provide and the information we collect automatically about your use of the FOR Sites to monitor user traffic patterns and preferences for site improvement, analytics and optimization.

Legal Basis for Processing
Under European data protection laws, FOR must have a legal basis to process your Personal Data. The legal basis that applies in an instance will depend on for which of the specific purposes described above FOR is processing your Personal Data:

In certain cases, FOR may ask for your consent to collect and process your Personal Data. Should you choose to provide your consent, you may later withdraw your consent by contacting us as described in the “Your Privacy Choices” section. Please note that the withdrawal of consent will not affect processing which has already occurred.
In other instances, the processing of your Personal Data may be necessary in order to comply with an applicable law or regulation or for the performance of a contract to which you are subject. You may not be able to opt-out of this processing, or your choice to opt-out may impact our ability to perform a contractual obligation otherwise owed to you.
In still other instances, FOR may process your Personal Data based on FOR’s legitimate interests in communicating with you about our services, and about scientific research and educational opportunities. You have the right to opt-out of all such processing of your Personal Data. You may do so by contacting us as described in the “Your Privacy Choices” section.

Information We Share

We only share your Personal Data with third parties as described below. We do not sell or rent Personal Data to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Third-Party Advertising and Online Behavioral Advertising
You may be provided with online advertisements of FOR services on third-party websites and mobile services that are tailored to you, for example, on the basis of information that you provide to FOR or a third-party website you are visiting, or of your browsing activity, purchases, or interests. These types of tailored online advertisements may come through several sources, such as the following:

We may share with our advertising service providers your non-identifying information that we have obtained from cookies and other tracking technologies on our FOR Sites.
Some FOR Sites participate in online behavioral advertising (this is also sometimes called re-target advertising or interest-based advertising). Our advertising network partners may place and use cookies on Sites Web sites and on other third-party Web sites to collect information about your activities in order to provide you with online advertisements that are based on your interests. When a FOR online behavioral advertisement is delivered to you, you will see an “Ad Choices” icon. Clicking on the icon or link will take you to a Web site where you can manage or opt out of the use of data about your browsing history that is used for the delivery of online behavioral advertisements. If you opt out, you may still see advertisements online, including advertisements from FOR that are based on other information (e.g., based on the content of the page being viewed rather than your prior clickstream activity). In some cases, data may still be collected about your browsing activity by these third-party advertisers, but they will not use this data to deliver advertisements that are based on your past online browsing behavior. You can also opt out now by clicking here.
Some Web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to Web sites with which the browser communicates. As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Notice, an industry standard has not yet been established on how to respond to these signals. Therefore, FOR does not currently respond to these signals. As discussed above, you can opt-out from advertisers that use your browsing history to deliver online behavioral advertisements by visiting adchoices.

Related companies, Vendors and Suppliers
We have relationships with suppliers and related companies, who help us operate our business and for whom it may be necessary to have access to your Personal Data in the course of providing services to FOR. We will not authorize these parties to use your Personal Data for any purpose that is not related to FOR and its related companies’ business operation, and we do not share Personal Data from countries that require consent, unless appropriate consent has been obtained in advance to sharing with related companies. We require them to handle your Personal Data collected in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

Co-branded Sites
We may partner with other companies to provide you with content or services on a joint or “co-branded” basis. At a co-branded site, you will see both the FOR logo and the logo of the co-branding partner displayed on your screen. You should read the individual privacy policies of our co-branding partners, as they may differ in some respects from ours. Reading these policies will help you to make an informed decision about whether to provide your information to a given site.

Product Reports
If you contact FOR regarding your experience in using one of our services, we may use the information that you provide in submitting reports to the designated government regulatory authority, as required of us by law.

Legal Rights and Obligations
In certain limited circumstances, FOR may need to disclose your Personal Data in order to comply with a legal obligation or demand, such as to comply with reporting obligations to our governing regulatory authorities. In such instances, we will take measures to protect your Personal Data to the extent possible. We also reserve the right to use Personal Data to investigate and prosecute users who violate our rules or who engage in behavior that is illegal or harmful to others or to others’ property.

Children Privacy

FOR does not knowingly collect or use any Personal Data directly from children on FOR Sites (We define “children” as minors younger than 18). We do not knowingly allow children to use our services, to communicate with us, or to use any of our online services. If you are a parent and become aware that your child has provided us with information, please contact us using one of the methods specified below, and we will work with you to address this issue.

Your Privacy Choices

You have the right to see and get a copy of Personal Data about you that we maintain as well as to ask us to make corrections to inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data about you. You may have the right to receive data you have provided to us in a machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller. You may also request the erasure of your Personal Data or the restriction of its processing, or object to the processing of Personal Data about you. To seek access to Personal Data about you, to file a concern, complaint, or request for correction, or to opt-out of particular programs, please contact us at privacy@for.org or by clicking on the “Contact Us” link on theFOR Site you are using, by using the FOR contact information on the FOR mobile application you are using. You may also send a letter to the following address:

Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation (FOR)
Attn: Privacy
Werftestrasse 4
P.O. Box 2558
6002 Lucerne
Switzerland

For more information about your privacy rights, or if you are not able to resolve a problem directly with us and wish to make a complaint, please contact your local Data Protection Authority.

In all communications to FOR, please include your email address, the Web site address, mobile application, and/or the specific FOR service to which you provided Personal Data (e.g., for.org), and a detailed explanation of your request. If you would like to delete, amend, or correct your Personal Data and are contacting us by email, please put “Deletion Request” or “Amendment/Correction Request” in the subject line of the email. We will respond to all reasonable requests in a timely manner and may need to further confirm your identity in order to process certain requests.

Data Security

FOR maintains reasonable technical, administrative and physical controls to secure any Personal Data collected through the FOR Sites. However, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party could intercept an Internet transmission, or that someone will find a way to thwart our security systems. We urge you to exercise caution when transmitting Personal Data over the Internet, especially your financial-related information. FOR cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not gain access to your Personal Data; therefore, when submitting Personal Data to FOR Sites, you must weigh both the benefits and the risks.

Third Party Sites and Social Media Plug-ins

This Privacy Notice does not apply to FOR Sites that do not link to this Privacy Notice, or to third-party Web sites to which FOR Sites may link. FOR Sites may use social media plug-ins (e.g., the Facebook “Like” button, “Share to Twitter” button) to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit FOR Sites, the operator of the social plug-in can place a cookie on your computer or other electronic device that enables that operator to recognize individuals who have previously visited our Site. If you are logged into the social media Web site (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) while browsing on our FOR Site, the social media plug-in allows that social media Web site to receive information that you have visited our FOR Site. The social media plug-in also allows the social media Web site to share information about your activities on our FOR Site with other users of their social media Web site. These sharing settings are managed by the social media Web site and governed by its privacy policy.

Accessing Our Sites Globally
This site is owned and operated by FOR in Switzerland, but the information you provide will be accessible to our related companies, vendors, and suppliers in other countries in accordance with this policy. Furthermore, if you are visiting this site from a country other than Switzerland, your communication with us will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international borders. The level of legal protection for Personal Data is not the same in all countries; however, we will take the security measures described in this Privacy Notice in an effort to keep your information secure. By using this site, you understand that your Personal Data will be stored and processed in Switzerland and in any country to which we may transfer your information in the course of our business operations.

Notice to California Residents
Subject to certain limits under California Civil Code § 1798.83, California residents may ask us to provide them with (i) a list of certain categories of Personal Data that we have disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, and (ii) the identity of those third parties. To make this request, California residents may contact us at privacy@for.org.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We will only use Personal Data in the manner described in this Privacy Policy in effect when the information was collected from you or as authorized by you. However, and subject to any applicable consent requirements, we reserve the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page with a new effective date. FOR encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Any Personal Data collected upon your continued use of FOR Sites will be handled in accordance with the currently-posted Privacy Policy.

Contact details

If you would like to get in touch with us with regards to your personal data, please e-mail us at privacy@for.org or contact us at:

Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation (FOR)
Attn: Privacy
Werftestrasse 4
P.O. Box 2558
6002 Lucerne
Switzerland