SWITCHaai Attribute Viewer Privacy Statement

Name of the service SWITCHaai Attribute Viewer
Description of the service Allows to check which attributes an organisation/Identity Provider releases to this service.
Data controller and a contact person SWITCH, the Swiss education & research network.
Jurisdiction CH Switzerland Zurich.
Personal data processed 1. For all users
  • IP address
  • Referrer address (the web page a user is coming from)

2. Only for authenticated users
The following attributes are only processed/displayed if they are released by the organisation of the user that is accessing the Attribute Viewer:

  • Unique ID
  • Surname
  • Given name
  • Targeted ID/Persistent ID
  • Affiliation
  • Home organization type
  • Home organization
  • Scoped affiliation
  • E-mail
  • Display name
  • SCHAC home organization type
  • SCHAC home organization
  • eduPerson Unique ID
  • Common name
  • Principal name
  • Library Patron Residence
  • Library Patron Affiliation
  • Matriculation number
  • Study branch 1
  • Swiss edu-ID internal identifier
  • Card UID
  • Study branch 3
  • Study branch 2
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Study level
  • Staff category
  • Member of
  • Private phone number
  • Nick name
  • Primary affiliation
  • Business phone number
  • Business postal address
  • Home postal address
  • Preferred language
  • ORCID identifier
  • Entitlement
  • Primary organizational unit
  • Organizational unit path
  • User ID
  • Employee number
  • Organizational unit
  • Organization path
  • Mobile phone number
  • Assurance profile
  • FHNW Abrechnungskostenstelle
  • Uni Basel personal public id
  • Swiss edu-ID Linked Affilation
  • Swiss edu-ID Associated E-Mail
  • ASVZ Member
  • Swiss edu-ID Affiliation Profile
  • Swiss edu-ID Assurance Level
  • FHNW Organisationseinheit aus Metadirectory
  • Swiss edu-ID Usage 1 Year
  • FHNW detailed affiliation
  • Fernuni Imap Password
  • UZH SAP staff user ID
  • UniGE Organization unit code
  • UZH SAP user ID
  • UniL faculte principale
  • UniBE Authorization attribute
  • FHNW IDPerson (Evento)
  • Uni Basel specific roles
  • FHNW SAP UserID
  • Primary group ID
  • FHNW SAP additional user information
  • FHNW user principal name (ActiveDirectory)
  • FFHS user type
  • UniL group membership

All of the above attributes are declared as required to check if they really are released by an organisations.
Purpose of the processing of personal data The IP and referrer addresses of all web page visitors are stored in the web server log file for debugging purposes.
For authenticated users, the Attribute Viewer may receive all personal data mentioned-above. This personal data is only used to check if a Home Organisation is able to release all the attributes that the eduGAIN attribute profilerecommends to support.
Third parties to whom personal data is disclosed No data will be released to third parties. Personal data is only shown to the user himself. Data might also be used by SWITCH staff members for debugging purposes.
How to access, rectify and delete the personal data Contact via aai@switch.ch.
To rectify the data released by an organisation about you, contact that Home Organisation's IT helpdesk.
Data retention Personal data, IP address and referrer are only stored in log files created by the web server and the SAML software. Log files are kept only for 30 days and are deleted automatically after this time.
Data Protection Code of Conduct Personal data will be protected according to the Code of Conduct for Service Providers, a common standard for the research and higher education sector to protect the user's privacy.

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