Privacy Policy

Purpose

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service of this website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service of this website. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

The collection and saving of Your data is necessary to provide You the service of this webpage and is proceeded under the condition of Your approval and grounds on the rules of data protection of Switzerland, Art. 13 DSG, Liechtenstein Law on Data Protection and the European Union, Chapter II GDPR.

Responsibility for the data collection

The collected data on this website are processed by the website operator (Aridemi Stiftung). Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Policy.

Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

Kind of collection

Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on or attach to a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you visit our website.

Rights on Your data

You have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect, either on all Your shared information or on parts of it. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link:

• Switzerland: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/der-edoeb/links/datenschutz---schweiz.html
• Liechtenstein: https://www.datenschutzstelle.li/

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have the meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to ARIDEMI STIFTUNG, c/o PRÄSIDIAL-ANSTALT, Pflugstrasse 16, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
• Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• Country refers to Liechtenstein.
• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service refers to the service of this Website.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
• Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to Aridemi Foundation, accessible from https://www.aridemi.org/
• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Types of Data Collected

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar storage technologies (such as local or session storage) to provide authentication, security, and basic app functionality. We do not use analytics or advertising tracking.

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies
  • Type: Session Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of user accounts, and maintain security. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
• Functionality Cookies
  • Type: Persistent / Session Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or temporary session preferences. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service: including to secure, maintain, and improve the service.
• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
• To receive, process, and evaluate scholarship applications: including running system-assisted document checks that help staff review completeness and consistency.
• To administer scholarship awards: including disbursements and meeting compliance obligations.
• To communicate with You: To contact You by email, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding your application, follow-ups, decisions, or security updates.
• To comply with legal and regulatory obligations: To meet requirements under applicable law.

Sharing of Your Personal Data

We share personal data only as needed to provide the service, for compliance, or with your instructions. Categories of Service Providers may include:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to facilitate the Service. This includes:
  • Cloud infrastructure, database, and file storage providers.
  • Email delivery providers.
  • SMS delivery providers.
  • Address autocomplete and geocoding providers.
  • Document review service providers for system-assisted checks.
• With Authorities: We may have to disclose Your personal data with national and international authorities in case of a legitimate and official request issued by such an authority.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

These providers may process data outside Liechtenstein. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in Your jurisdiction. The states where your data may be processed to, such as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the European Union and the USA ensure a reasonable protection of your data.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Security of Your Personal Data

We implement administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal data. The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.