Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy:

At HAISLab (Human-Centered AI-based Systems Lab), we prioritize safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the security of any information you share with us. We adhere to applicable Data Protection Regulations, including the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). Please review this Privacy Policy to understand your rights, the information we collect, and how we use and protect it.

Who We Are:

This Privacy Policy applies to HAISLab (“HAISLab” or “we”). We do not collect any personal information about our users (referred to as “user” or “you”).

Who You Can Contact for Privacy Questions:

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal data, please contact us at:

Email: haislab@bfh.ch

How We Collect Personal Data:

We do not directly or indirectly collect personal information about our users from public sources or social and professional networking sites. However, we may ask you to schedule a web call and answer a few questions to assist us with product discovery. Any information you share with us during these interactions is kept confidential and not shared with third parties.

What Categories of Personal Data Do We Collect:

We do not collect any personal data about you. Images you use with our annotation tool are only loaded locally into the web application in your browser as long as you keep the browser tab open, and we do not collect your images.

Lawful Reasons for Processing Personal Data:

In the future, if we collect personal data to provide our products and services, we may rely on the following lawful reasons:

  • Contract/Subscription: We may process personal data to fulfill our contractual obligations.
  • Legal Obligations and Public Interest: We may process personal data to comply with regulatory obligations.

Do We Transfer Your Personal Data Outside Switzerland?

No, we do not transfer any personal data outside of Switzerland.

Do We Use Cookies? Do We Automatically Collect Personal Information?

We do not use cookies. In the future, we may use necessary cookies for the technical operation of new pages on our website.

What Are Your Data Protection Rights?

If we process personal information about you, you have the following rights:

  • Access, Correction, Erasure
  • Processing Restrictions, Data Portability
  • Automated Individual Decision-making
  • Right to Object to Marketing including Profiling
  • Right to Object to Active Sourcing
  • Right to Withdraw Consent

To submit a data request or exercise your rights, please contact us at:

Email: haislab@bfh.ch

We aim to respond to privacy-related communications within 30 days of receipt. No fee is required to make a request unless it is clearly unfounded or excessive.

What About Personal Data Security?

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Access to personal data is limited, and individuals with access are required to maintain confidentiality. We may also apply pseudonymization, deidentification, and anonymization techniques to further protect personal data.

How Long Do We Retain Your Personal Data?

If we collect any personal data about you in the future, we will delete it when it is no longer needed.

Do We Link to Other Websites?

Our website may contain links to other sites not governed by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those sites before submitting personal data.

Do We Change This Privacy Policy?

We regularly review this Privacy Policy and will post any updates on our website.