Last updated: 30 June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is processed in connection with the website www.federalconstitutionalism.ch, created for the university research project Democratic decay and human rights backlash in federal states.
The purpose of the website is to present the project, its activities, team, partners and, where applicable, news or publications. The website does not use analytics tools, advertising cookies, tracking pixels or profiling technologies.
Personal data is collected only when you use the contact form.
The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data is:
Nesa Zimmermann
Faculté de droit – Université de Neuchâtel
Avenue du Premier-Mars 26
2000 Neuchâtel
contact@federalconstitutionalism.com
For any question relating to data protection, you may contact us at the following address: contact@federalconstitutionalism.com .
When you use the contact form, the following data may be collected:
We ask you not to submit sensitive data or confidential information through the contact form unless it is necessary for the handling of your request.
The data submitted through the contact form is used only to:
Data collected through the form is not used for advertising, commercial purposes, audience measurement or profiling.
The processing of personal data is based on the need to respond to requests that you voluntarily submit through the contact form, as well as on the legitimate interest of the data controller in ensuring the functioning and security of the website.
The contact form is provided to allow visitors to get in touch with the project team.
When you send a message through this form, the information submitted is accessible to the authorised persons responsible for handling requests related to the project.
The website is created and hosted using the Webflow platform, operated by Webflow, Inc.
Webflow may process certain technical data necessary for hosting, security, website display, form transmission and the proper functioning of the service.
Certain technical service providers, including Webflow, may process data outside Switzerland.
Where necessary, the data controller ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable Swiss data protection law.
The website does not use analytics tools, advertising cookies, tracking pixels or profiling technologies.
Only technologies strictly necessary for the technical functioning of the website and the contact form may be used, in particular to ensure website display, security and the transmission of messages submitted through the form.
If analytics, tracking or marketing tools were to be added in the future, this Privacy Policy would be updated. Visitors would then be informed appropriately, in accordance with applicable Swiss law.
Messages submitted through the contact form are kept only for as long as necessary to process the request and follow up on the project.
As an indication, data may be retained for a maximum period of 12 months, unless a legal obligation, applicable institutional rule or specific need related to the follow-up of the project requires otherwise.
Data collected through the contact form is not sold and is not disclosed to third parties for commercial purposes.
It may only be accessible to:
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are implemented to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure.
However, no transmission of data over the Internet can be considered completely secure.
In accordance with applicable Swiss data protection law, you may in particular request access to the personal data concerning you, as well as its rectification or deletion, within the limits provided by law.
To exercise your rights or ask a question about the processing of your personal data, you may contact us at the following address: contact@federalconstitutionalism.com .
In Switzerland, the federal authority responsible for data protection is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, FDPIC.
This Privacy Policy may be amended to reflect changes to the website, the project or legal requirements.
The version published on this page is the version currently applicable.
