Please read these Terms of use carefully before accessing or using the Alpine Convention Atlas at the website www.atlas.alpconv.org .
By accessing or using any part of this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of use.
The site www.atlas.alpconv.org is operated, administered and maintained by the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention (PSAC). All content included on this site is for informative purposes only and has no legal value. It shall not be construed or used, amongst others, for legal, engineering or surveying purposes.
PERIMETERThe scope of application of the Alpine Convention is defined by its perimeter. Due to changes in the administrative units within the Contracting Parties occurred since the entry into force of the Alpine Convention and its Protocols, some municipalities are currently only partially included in the Alpine Convention perimeter. In such cases, the data displayed refer to the whole municipality.
LIABILITYThe PSAC makes every effort to ensure the correctness of all published information. Nevertheless, the information published on the site www.atlas.alpconv.org is provided without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied,including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus. All information and data on this website may be subject to change without notice.
Neither the PSAC, nor its employees or agents shall be liable for any loss or injury caused in whole or in part by use of the site www.atlas.alpconv.org in reliance upon the information contained herein or linked hitherto.
All users agree that any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the site www.atlas.alpconv.org is at their own risk. Each user is solely responsible for any damages to his/her computer system and loss of data that results from download of such material.
LINKS AND EXTERNAL REFERENCESHyperlinks to or services of other websites are provided as a convenience only. References and hyperlinks to third-party websites are beyond the responsibility of the PSAC. The PSAC offers no guarantees on the reliability or availability of third-party services that users might avail themselves of on-line. Hyperlinks to or services of other websites imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of, the information contained in those other websites on the part of the PSAC.
USER GENERATED CONTENTThe Alpine Convention Atlas at the website www.atlas.alpconv.org allows registered users to upload or create their own content. The PSAC can by no means be held responsible for the content generated and published by the users of the Alpine Convention Atlas, nor for copyright violations they might commit. Each user is responsible for content, respect of copyright and related rights as well as correctness of the material they publish or upload on www.atlas.alpconv.org . The responsibility for opinions expressed in the uploaded content rests solely with their authors, and their posting on this website does not constitute an endorsement by the PSAC of the opinions expressed therein.
All content of the Alpine Convention Atlas (which includes layers, maps, documents and comments) is moderated by the PSAC, which reserves the right to remove any user's created content without prior notice or justification.
USER REGISTRATIONIt is possible to register to the Atlas to access advanced functions and to save/upload your own content. By registering you accept the privacy agreement reported in the section below. By registering you also make your username, profile picture and any other information you fill in visible to any other user of the website. Once you are registered, you may be contacted by other registered users through the internal email function: the PSAC carries no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content of possible messages you may receive.
Three different licenses are used:
a. CC BY 4.0 LICENSEUnless otherwise stated, the information available on the website www.atlas.alpconv.org , including text, logos, graphics, maps, images and electronic downloads, is the property of the PSAC and is protected by intellectual property law and subject to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . The work can be used and distributed in any medium or format, for any purpose, even commercially, provided that appropriate credit is given to the data provider and, if available, to the authors/sources (these can be generally found in the metadata under "additional information"), that a link to the license is provided, and that any change done to the work is clearly indicated. Although not required by the standard creative commons licensing conditions we would appreciate to be given appropriate notice when the work is used in a publication by writing to Send Email .
b. LIMITED USAGE LICENSEIn case it is stated that a limited usage license applies, the information or the document is freely available and can be accessed from the website www.atlas.alpconv.org or, if available, through the dedicated WMS function.
The rights on the datasets belong to the original authors (check the field “Supplemental information”): it is therefore not allowed to re-use, download, share, re-distribute, transform or change the original datasets or information without prior permission.
Where available, it is allowed to use, share, distribute, transform or change the output of the WMS request that serves the layer in a bitmap format, e.g. PNG, GIF or JPEG, as well as to download, share and distribute a static image of the layers, obtained through the dedicated functions, provided that appropriate credit is given to the data provider (Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention-PSAC) and to the authors/sources (these can be generally found in the metadata under "additional information"). Additionally, it must be indicated if changes were made with respect to the original work. When the work or one of its derivatives is used in a publication, appropriate notice must be given to Send Email .
It is moreover allowed to, use, share, distribute and re-post the full metadata, which are also available as a free download in a TXT or HTML format, giving appropriate credit to the author.
c. OPEN USAGE LICENSEIn case it is stated that an open usage license applies, the information or the document is freely available and can be accessed from the website www.atlas.alpconv.org or, if available, through the dedicated WMS function.
The rights on the raw data or the datasets belong to third parties that apply their data policies, regulated by specific requirements. Any permission is therefore subject to proper observance of these requirements. Please check them in the metadata section under “Restrictions”.
It is allowed to download the raw data used in this dataset in different formats (tabular, JSON, GML) as well as in the shapefile format. It is allowed to use, share, distribute, transform or change, this data provided that appropriate credit is given to the data provider (Alpine Convention or www.atlas.alpconv.org) and to the authors/sources (these can be generally found in the metadata under "Supplemental information"). Additionally, it must be indicated if changes were made with respect to the original work. When the work or one its derivatives is used in a publication, appropriate notice must be given to Send Email .
Where available, it is allowed to use, share, distribute, transform or change the output of the WMS request that serves the layer in a bitmap format, e.g. PNG, GIF or JPEG, as well as to download, share and distribute a static image of the layers, obtained through the dedicated functions, provided that appropriate credit is given to the data provider (Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention (PSAC) and, to the authors/sources (these can be generally found in the metadata under " Supplemental information"). Additionally, it must be indicated if changes were made with respect to the original work. When the work or one its derivatives is used in a publication, appropriate notice must be given to Send Email .
It is moreover allowed to, use, share, distribute, re-post, transform or change the full metadata, which are also available as a free download in a TXT or HTML format, provided attribution is given and changes are indicated.
This site agrees to respect the privacy of the Website user in accordance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data and in particular Regulation EU 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter the "GDPR").
This document (“Privacy & Cookies Policy”) provides information on the processing of personal data collected through this Website (hereinafter “Website”) and therefore constitutes information addressed to the data subjects in accordance with the aforementioned regulation. The following information applies only to this Website and not to other websites accessed via links.
Pursuant to Article 13 of the Regulation, we hereby provide the following information:
DATA CONTROLLER
The Data Controller is Jaqueline Rauscher (Permanent Secretariat Alpine Convention), Herzog - Friedrich - Straße 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Tel. +43 (0)512 588 589 0 e-mail: jaqueline.rauscher@alpconv.org .
WHAT DATA DO WE PROCESS?
The following data may be subject to processing:
Browsing Data
The processing of personal data of users who visit only the Website (i.e. without sending communications or using reserved areas) is limited to the navigation data, i.e. those for which the transmission to the Website is necessary for the operation of IT systems responsible for the management of the Website and the Internet communication protocols. This category includes the IP addresses or domain of the computer used to visit the Website and other parameters relative to the operating system used by the user to connect to the Website. The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention (PSAC) collects these and other data (such as, for example, the number of visits and the time spent on the Website) only for statistical purposes and in anonymous form in order to control the operation of the Website and improve its functionality. This is information that is not collected for the association with other information about users and to identify the latter; however, by their very nature, these data can allow the identification of users through processing and association with data held by third parties.
The legal basis for this processing is the legitimate interest of the Data Controller in the technical management related to the functionality and safety of the Website as defined by Art. 6.1. (f) of the GDPR.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files, which the Web site places on the devices in use, such as computers or mobile devices, stored in directories used by the user’s web browser. There are various types of cookies, some make the Website experience more efficient, others to enable certain functions.
The Website uses “technical” cookies, such as navigation or session cookies, or tools to make functional and optimize the navigation and use of the Website.
There are also analytical cookies that collect aggregated information about on the number of users and how they visit the Website. In particular, the site uses the WordPress JetPack service, whose privacy policy can be viewed at https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/.
There are no profiling cookies.
Users may choose to enable or disable cookies by acting on their browser’s settings according to the instructions provided by the respective providers to the following links:
The legal basis for this processing for technical management purposes and statistical analysis is the legitimate interest of the Data Controller as defined by Art. 6.1. (f) of the GDPR.
There may also be additional cookies inherent in the services and applications used by the Website (e.g. for map management). More information on using these cookies can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=it .
NECESSARY AND OPTIONAL PROCESSING
The forms to be filled out on this Website include data that are strictly necessary to manage communications and user requests, of which the failure to indicate said data does not allow to proceed which such requests, and optional data that are not strictly necessary to proceed with the requests of the data subjects. Failure to provide the latter will not entail any consequence.
HOW DO WE STORE THE DATA AND FOR HOW LONG?
In accordance with the provisions of Art. 5.1. (c) of the GDPR, the information systems and computer programs used by the Data Controller are configured to minimise the use of personal and identifying data; the data will be kept for the period of time strictly necessary to achieve the specific objectives pursued and in any case, the criterion used to determine the retention period is based on compliance with the terms allowed by applicable laws and principles of minimization of processing, limitation of conservation and rational management of archives.
The navigation data are kept for any technical analysis related to the functionality and security of the Website; upon request they might be made available to the judicial authorities to ascertain and identify the perpetrators of any cyber offences committed against the Website or through the Website.
The data obtained from the analytical cookies are anonymized and do not allow to trace the user’s identity.
HOW DO WE ASSURE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF PERSONAL DATA?
The Data Controller undertakes to protect the safety of the user’s personal information and complies with the safety provisions of the applicable law in order to avoid data loss, illegitimate or unlawful use of data and unauthorized access to the same, with particular, but not exclusive, reference to Arts. 25-32 of the GDPR.
RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data may be shared, when strictly necessary for the purposes indicated with:
These subjects will only receive the necessary data for their functions and will undertake to use them only for the above-mentioned purposes and to process them in accordance with the applicable privacy regulations. The updated list of data controllers is available by sending a written request to the Data Controller.
TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
No transfer of personal data is provided outside the European Union.
USERS’ RIGHTS
Users can exercise the rights provided by Chapter III of the GDPR at any time. In particular, they have the right to ask the Data Controller for access to the data concerning them, their correction or deletion, the integration of incomplete data, the limitation of processing; to receive the data provided in a structured format, commonly used and readable by an automatic device; to withdraw any consent given with respect to the processing of their data and to oppose all or part of the use of the data; and to exercise the other rights that are recognised by the applicable regulations. These rights may be exercised by sending an e-mail to the following e-mail address: jaqueline.rauscher@alpconv.org . Pursuant to Art. 77 of the GDPR, moreover, the user the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority if they believe that the processing violates the aforementioned GDPR.
UPDATING OF THE INFORMATION
This site will keep this information constantly updated. The “LAST UPDATE” section at the bottom of the page indicates the date on which the information was updated.
LAST UPDATE
This information was updated on: 01/03/2021