Legal notice

General

Museumsnetz-zuerich.ch is the website of Museumsnetz Zürich, a project of the City of Zurich. The campaign makes the City of Zurich’s diverse museum landscape more visible and also aims to act as a local guide.

Museumsnetz-zuerich.ch («the website») is operated by the City of Zurich. The City of Zurich is responsible for the content of the website, except any content that has been obtained from other providers. 

museumsnetz-zuerich.ch sources content about museums primarily from Zurich Museums Association (zuercher-museen.ch).

Other information on Museumsnetz-zuerich.ch is integrated or obtained from third-party providers: route planning via the zvv.ch public transport service, the city map from stadtplan.stadt-zuerich.ch and the «Zürich Card» offer from Zürich Tourismus.

The City of Zurich is not responsible for any third-party content used by the website. The City of Zurich has no influence over any linked external sites. The legal notices of the respective provider contain details about the information that is collected whenever the site is visited and how it is used.

This notice explains which data is collected during your visit to this website and how this information is used.

Recording of personal data

The website does not record any personal data concerning you.

Purchases of the Zürich Card are subject to the General Terms and Conditions of Zürich Tourismus

Analysis of user behaviour

Data is collected for anonymous statistical analysis whenever you access the website. These analyses are carried out using the web analysis service “Adobe Analytics”. The following data is transmitted to the web analysis service for this purpose:

  • Your current IP address
  • Your operating system and browser type (user agent)
  • Date and time of access
  • The pages visited
  • General information about the internet service provider (ISP)

You have the option of objecting to the use of the web analysis service at any time on the web analysis service provider’s website. This does not affect the functions of the website.

Use of geolocation services

Our website uses geolocation services to enable the map display and route planning functions. These services identify your geographical position using your browser’s geolocation API.

Geolocation services can only be used with your express consent. When visiting our website, you will be asked whether you consent or object to the use of your location data. If you agree to location sharing, your browser will determine your geographical position using various methods such as GPS, Wi-Fi networks and, if necessary, your IP address.

The collected location data (longitude and latitude) is used exclusively for the duration of your use of the map display and route planning functions and is not permanently stored.

In order to plan the route, the collected location data is sent to the Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) via an API. No personal data (including your IP address) is transmitted. Location data is used exclusively to calculate the best route and is not used for any other purposes.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to location sharing at any time. You can do so by adjusting the corresponding settings in your browser or device. Your decision to object or to withdraw consent to location sharing will not affect how you use any other functions of our website.

Use of cookies

The website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on a computer either permanently or temporarily when you visit a website.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time either entirely or partially. Please note that not all functions of this website may be available if cookies are disabled.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this legal notice at any time with future effect. The current version is available on the website.

Contact

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, you can contact us directly at:

City of Zurich
City Council Project Office
Stadthausquai 17
8001 Zürich
E-Mail: museumsnetz@zuerich.ch