Declaration of Data Privacy Protection
1 Since 1 September 2023 a new law for the protection of data privacy with a comprehensively revised federal act on data protection (ADP) is in place in Switzerland. This act governs the legal processing of personal data privacy, which is adapted to the data act of the EU. Data protection is no bureaucratic end in itself but serves the safety of humans and their personality rights.
2 The Swiss ADP demands a declaration of data protection from all organizations with seat in Switzerland. With this declaration, organizations fulfill their obligation to inform those whose personal data they collect and process, e.g., by registering, storing, and editing privacy data of their members.
3 The Society for Mind-Matter Research is an organization with ideal purpose according to Swiss civil code 60ff (ZGB Art. 60 ff) seated in Switzerland. The purpose of the Society is to support international interdisciplinary research on the relationship between mind and matter, and to disseminate knowledge about the implications of this research for science and society. The Society is ideologically neutral and institutionally independent.
4 In order to ensure the information flow within the Society and with selected partners (such as the publisher of its journal Mind and Matter), the Society maintains a members register containing names, functions, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, and the duration of membership. Members data are deleted at the end of membership. According to the Swiss ADP, the Society Board is in charge of the legal processing of members data.
5 The website of the Society has a password protected section with members addresses which is not accessible for non-members. Members have the option to be not listed in that section upon their application for membership and at any time later.
6 The transfer of members data to third parties is generally not envisaged. If, in exceptional cases, a third party applies with good reasons for a transfer of data, the Society Board examines whether the concrete purpose of the transfer is precisely defined, conforming to the ADP, and temporally limited. Any transfer of data with the purpose of temporally unlimited data preservation by third parties is inadmissible. If a transfer appears legitimate, it requires the explicit personal permission of each individual member concerned. Members may veto the transfer of their personal data or retract previously given permissions at any point in time.
7 For personal data transfer within the Society it is also mandatory that the purpose of the transfer is well defined and that each individual member concerned agrees with the transfer.
8 The present declaration of data protection has been approved by the Society Board at its meeting on 6 December 2024 and was immediately set effective.
Amden (Switzerland), 7.12.2024
Harald Atmanspacher (President)
Jürgen Kornmeier (Secretary)
