Privacy Policy

About swissautoimmuneliver.ch

Epatocentro Ticino is the reference point in Italian-speaking Switzerland for the treatment of liver, biliary and pancreatic diseases.  Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Andreas Cerny, an internationally renowned doctor, the centre has a highly specialised medical team active throughout the Canton and collaborates with local and transalpine centres of excellence enabling it to treat complex hepatic diseases directly in Ticino. The  Fondazione Epatocentro Ticino is a body which, completely devoted to ongoing education and research, has since 2013 supported on a day-to-day basis the primary activity of the out-patient hepatology unit and the Epatocentro Ticino.

Fondazione Epatocentro Ticino hosts its 4th Swiss Autoimmune Liver Disease Meeting (hereinafter the Meeting) in Lugano, Switzerland, on September 21-22, 2023. The conference is bringing together world top experts in the field of autoimmune liver diseases.

We respect your privacy

This policy applies to the users of swissautoimmuneliver.ch (hereinafter the Platform)and, according to the Federal Act on Data Protection and subsequent modifications, it informs you of how and for what purposes personal data is processed when you use the platform.

Which information we collect and for what purposes we use it

If you want to participate to the Meeting you need to register yourself through the appropriate registration form available on the Platform. When you submit an abstract or your registration, you provide us with your first and last name, job title, affiliation, city, country and email address, IP address, browser, device, date and time of submission. These personal data allow us to better organise the Meeting and pursue its goal. Moreover, when registering it is possible to specify dietary restrictions. This information is important and necessary to us to arrange meals during the Meeting and satisfy also those with special dietary needs.

Third parties

We process personal data for internal uses only. To manage the meals respecting the dietary restrictions required by the participants, we will transmit to who will be in charge of the catering only the restrictions’ information necessary to accomplish the purpose for which these data were collected in a way it will not be possible to link the restrictions to the subjects who required them.

We will not further share, sell or anyhow pass on your personal data to third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy notice.

Cookies and tracking

We do not use cookies or tracking tools.

Retention of personal data

We keep your personal data for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which they were collected and processed. The length of time we retain personal data for depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws and to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights. We keep your personal information strictly confidential and secure.

Deleting your personal data

As subject of the personal data you have certain rights in relation to your personal information. You may request that we delete or provide you with a copy of your personal data by contacting us via info@elearninglab.org.

Contact information

If you have any questions related to this Privacy Policy or complaints related to our usage of your personal information, please contact us at:

Fondazione Epatocentro Ticino

Via Soldino 5, 6900 Lugano

Tel +41.91.960.85.03

Fax +41.91.210.89.65

fondazione.epatocentro@hin.ch