Arts+Health comprises the institutions University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Balgrist University Hospital, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich University of the Arts, Collegium Helvetica, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich Opera House, Literaturhaus Zurich, Theater Neumarkt, Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zurich and ETH Zurich. Arts+Health creates spaces for encounter between medicine, art, culture, science and architecture.

The party responsible for processing personal data within the meaning of Swiss data protection legislation is:

Universität Zürich
Direktion Universitäre Medizin Zürich
Künstlergasse 15
8001 Zürich
contact@artsandhealth.ch

The following statement for «artsandhealth.ch» sets out which data are collected, further processed and disclosed within the scope of the applicable data protection provisions, and what measures have been taken to ensure the security of this data.

1. Subject Matter of Data Protection

Data protection serves to protect personal rights. It obliges data processors to act lawfully and grants data subjects enforceable rights with regard to the processing of their personal data. This includes, for example, information such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or IP address.

2. Data Collection, Processing and Storage

When requesting or accessing the website «artsandhealth.ch», the following access data are collected and stored in a web server log file on a Swiss server by Metanet stored: 

• Browser type/version

• Operating system used

• Referral URL (the previously visited website)

• Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address)

• Date and time of the server request

• Notification of successful retrieval

• Page/file accessed

The processing of this data is carried out for the following purposes:

• Ensuring network infrastructure and technical administration

• Optimisation of the use of certain web services

• Identification and tracking of unauthorised access attempts

3. Processing and Disclosure of Personal Data

We process only personal data that you voluntarily provide to us when signing up for our newsletter or at an event organised by Arts+Health. This includes:

• First and last name

• E-mail address

• Participation details (events only)

• Address for receiving a postal invitation, if applicable (events only)

The personal data you provide (in particular your e-mail address) will be transmitted to the service provider SwissNewsletter and processed exclusively for the purpose of newsletter communication and, in the case of event registration, for the relevant event communication.

Postal addresses are transmitted exclusively for the purpose of sending written invitations to the appointed third-party service provider (printing company).

No disclosure to third parties for other purposes takes place.

Notwithstanding the above, the responsible party may engage additional service providers to further process the data collected via the «artsandhealth» website for the purposes stated above. The responsible party and the engaged third-party service providers are obliged by means of legal, technical and organisational measures to ensure compliance with data protection regulations. 

Without a service agreement, personal data will only be disclosed to third parties (e.g. other authorities) to the extent required by mandatory legal provisions (e.g. official requests, court orders) or for the purpose of legal or criminal prosecution (e.g. in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure).

4. Purpose of Data Processing

The processing of data is carried out in particular for the following purposes:

• For events:

  • Organisation and planning of the events

  • Communication with participants

• Sending of newsletters

5. Storage and Deletion

Personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the organisation and conduct of the event. The data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the event has taken place, provided there are no statutory retention obligations. See also section 7 (Newsletter).

6. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss or misuse.

7. Newsletter

If you sign up for our newsletter, we will process the data you provide (in particular your name and e-mail address) for the purpose of sending information about our activities, news and upcoming events of Arts+Health.

Registration for the newsletter is independent of event registration and is not a prerequisite for participation in events.

Consent to receiving the newsletter may be withdrawn at any time, e.g. via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by e-mail to the responsible party (see above). The data collected for the newsletter will only be stored for as long as the newsletter subscription remains active.

8. Right of Access

Data subjects have, within the scope of applicable data protection law, in particular the right to:

• Access to the personal data being processed

• Rectification of inaccurate data

• Deletion of data, provided there are no statutory retention obligations

• Requests should be directed to the responsible party mentioned above.

9. Tracking Settings

In order to better adapt the content structure and navigation mechanism of «artsandhealth.ch» to the needs of users, page views and clicked elements within pages are recorded and analysed. For this purpose, the software Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., USA (Google), is used. Google Analytics uses so-called «cookies» (for the use and prevention of the use of such cookies, see point 10.)

By using this website, you consent to the processing of your data by Google in accordance with the terms of use of Google Analytics.

10. Cookies

To manage your cookie consent, this website uses the Cookiebot service. Cookiebot stores your consent status as a cookie in your browser. The provider is Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark. Your consent data will be stored for 12 months.

If cookies are deactivated, some functions of «artsandhealth.ch» may no longer be available to you.

11. Cross-References (Links) to Other Providers’ Websites

This privacy policy applies only to «artsandhealth.ch». Where links provide access to the content of other providers, we ask you to take note of their privacy policies. Please be aware that we have no control over how your data are collected, stored or used on these external websites.

12. Use of Social Media Plug-ins

The Arts+Health website does not use any additional programmes in the form of so-called «social media plug-ins» that transmit IP addresses directly to social network providers.

13. Validity

The responsible party reserves the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future, should this be required, for example, by the implementation of new technologies or changes in legislation. The version published on this website shall apply in each case.

Version: 13.05.2026

Note: This is a machine translation. No liability is accepted for the accuracy or completeness of the translation. In case of doubt, the original German version shall prevail.