This cookie notice (“Notice”) informs you about the type, scope, and purpose of the data processing that we collect when you visit our website https://alamsuisse.org/ (the “Site”) and informs you about the possibility of configuring cookies according to your preferences.
The Association Liban Avenir Meilleur (ALAM) is an association under Swiss law, domiciled at 5 rue de la Rôtisserie, #705, 1204 Geneva (the “Association” or “we”).
We collect the following information based on your use of the Site:
When you visit our Site:
- Information about your browser and device
- Your IP address and approximate geolocation
- Your approximate age category and gender
- The web pages you visited before arriving at the Site
- Whether you are a new or returning visitor
- Information on how you use the Site or session statistics: language, clicks, internal links, pages visited, page scrolling, searches, timestamps, etc.
When you contact us through the online contact form:
- Name, first name, email address
- Subject and content of your request
The Association processes the data mentioned in Article 1 above via the Site for the following purposes:
Based on your consent:
- To process your request submitted through the online contact form
- For non-essential analytical and performance cookies (see Article 3 below)
Based on our legitimate interest:
- Provision of the Site and its features
- Implementation of security measures on the Site
- Analysis of Site usage
- Establishment, exercise, and/or defense of our rights in legal claims, investigations, or similar proceedings, current, potential, or future, or to respond to an investigation by a public authority
What are cookies and why do we collect them?
This Site uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text downloaded to a device when a visitor accesses the Site. A cookie allows its issuer to identify the terminal in which it is stored, during the validity period or storage of the cookie.
Cookies are used for several purposes. They enable certain parts of the Site to function or make them more efficient, as well as provide us with information on how the Site is used. Cookies allow you to choose your login preferences (e.g., language).
Some of the cookies used on our Site are essential for its proper functioning, but we also use non-essential cookies that help us improve the overall performance of our Site.
What types of cookies do we collect?
The cookies we use are as follows:
- Functional and mandatory cookies: these cookies are essential for the functioning of the Site and enable IONOS France, our hosting platform, to securely provide you with this Site. These cookies allow you to navigate our Site and use its features. The settings of technical cookies cannot be changed.
- Analytical and performance cookies: these cookies are used on the Site, as described below, only when you accept our cookie banner. These cookies allow us to collect information on how visitors use the Site (e.g., number of visits, most visited pages, most visited content) and to establish statistics and traffic volumes to improve the interest and ergonomics of visits to our Site.
- Social media cookies: our Site may contain data hosted or shared with other websites that allow you to view content on these sites. When you consent to the use of these social media services, third-party cookies related to the social network are installed. These cookies allow, in particular, linking the content viewed to your social network user account. We use the following social networks to publish content and/or media:- Twitter
– Facebook
– YouTube
– LinkedIn
– InstagramIf you follow a link to one of these websites, please note that these sites have their own privacy and cookie policies, and we do not accept any responsibility in this regard. Please check these policies before submitting personal data to these websites.
More details on the cookies we use on the Site can be found in the table below:
| Type of cookie | Name of cookie | Retention period | Purpose |
| Functional and mandatory | _GRECAPTCHA | 6 months | Provide spam protection |
| wp-wpml_current_la | 1 day | Store language settings | |
| Analytical and performance | _ga | 2 years | Analyze site, performance, and audience (this cookie stores information anonymously) |
| _ga_7NHPXKKR82 | 2 years | Analyze site, performance, and audience (this cookie stores information anonymously) |
You can refuse analytical and performance cookies in the cookie banner that appears on our site when you open it. You can also configure your browser not to collect these cookies. However, please note that this may prevent you from using certain features of our Site. To find out how to disable cookies from your browser, please consult one of the following pages, depending on the browser you are using:
– Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&sjid=11880238805699870004-EU
– Apple Safari
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14
– Mozilla Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/cookies-informations-sites-enregistrent#firefox:mac:fx129
Your information may be communicated to the following recipients:
- Site hosting and analytics provider (particularly Ionos, Google, and SOLWAI)
- Google Fonts, for storing the Site’s font files, limited to cookie information
- Judicial or administrative authorities, upon request and to the extent permitted by law
For the purposes mentioned in Article 2, we may need to communicate your personal data to the recipients mentioned in Article 4. These recipients may be located (i) in countries that ensure an adequate level of data protection (according to the list of countries in Annex 1 of the Swiss Data Protection Ordinance and, where applicable, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission) or (ii) in countries that do not offer an adequate level of data protection. In the latter case, we will ensure the implementation of appropriate safeguards for the communication of your personal data, such as the conclusion with the recipient of standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
We retain your data for the longest of the following periods:
– For cookie information, the period mentioned in Article 3
– For other personal data, the duration of our relationship with you or your organization
If you would like more information on the retention and deletion periods of personal data or on your data protection rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy or contact us via our contact form.
For any questions about this Notice, you can contact us via our contact form.