This data protection declaration provides information about how personal data is processed in connection with our activities and operations, including our website under the domain name www.2026iihfworlds.com. In particular, we provide information about why, how and where we process which personal data. We also provide information about the rights of individuals whose data we process.
We may publish further data protection declarations or other information on data protection for individual or additional activities and operations.
We are subject to Swiss data protection law and any applicable foreign data protection law, in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In a decision dated 26 July 2000, the European Commission recognised that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection. In a report dated 15 January 2024, the European Commission confirmed this adequacy decision.
Responsibility for the processing of personal data:
Organising Committee 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship AG
Flughofstrasse 50
8152 Glattbrugg
Switzerland
dina.mettler[at]2026.iihfworlds.com
In individual cases, third parties may be responsible for processing personal data or there may be joint responsibility with third parties.
We have appointed the following data protection officer or data protection consultant as a point of contact for data subjects and authorities for enquiries related to data protection:
Dina Mettler
Flughofstrasse 50
8152 Glattbrugg
Switzerland
dina.mettler[at]2026.iihfworlds.com
Data subject: a natural person about whom we process personal data.
Personal data:any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Particularly sensitive personal data: Data about union, political, religious or ideological views and activities, data about health, privacy or membership of an ethnic group or race, genetic data, biometric data that uniquely identifies a natural person, data about criminal or administrative sanctions or prosecutions, and data about social assistance measures.
Processing:Any kind of handling of personal data, irrespective of the means and procedures used, for example querying, synchronising, adapting, archiving, storing, reading out, disclosing, collecting, recording, deleting, organising, storing, modifying, disseminating, linking, destroying and using personal data.
European Economic Area (EEA):Member States of the European Union (EU) as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway.
We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law, in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the Data Protection Ordinance (Data Protection Ordinance, DSV).
If and to the extent that the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable, we process personal data on the basis of at least one of the following legal principles:
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) refers to the processing of personal data as the processing of personal data and the processing of particularly sensitive personal data as the processing of special categories of personal data (Art. 9 GDPR).
We process the personal data that is required for us to carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, humane, safe and reliable manner. The personal data processed may fall into the categories of browser and device data, content data, communication data, metadata, usage data, master data including inventory and contact data, location data, transaction data, contract data and payment data.
We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, obtain from publicly accessible sources or collect in the course of our activities and operations, provided that such processing is permitted by law.
We process personal data, where required, with the consent of the data subjects. We may process personal data in many cases without consent, for example to fulfil legal obligations or to protect overriding interests. We may also request the consent of data subjects where their consent is not required.
We process personal data for the duration of the period required for the respective purpose. We anonymise or delete personal data in particular in accordance with statutory retention and limitation periods.
We may disclose personal data to third parties, have it processed by third parties or process it jointly with third parties. Such third parties are, in particular, specialised providers whose services we use.
We may disclose personal data, for example, to banks and other financial service providers, authorities, educational and research institutions, consultants and lawyers, interest groups, IT service providers, cooperation partners, credit and business information bureaus, logistics and shipping companies, marketing and advertising agencies, media, organisations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies and insurance companies.
The data collected here may be transmitted to our ticketing partner Ticketcorner AG so that Ticketcorner AG can provide you with information about the event and advance ticket sales.
We process personal data in order to communicate with third parties. In this context, we process in particular data that a data subject transmits when making contact, for example by letter post or e-mail. We may store such data in an address book or with comparable tools.
Third parties who transmit data about other persons are obliged to guarantee data protection to such data subjects. To do this, the accuracy of the personal data transmitted must be ensured, among other things.
We use selected services from suitable providers to be able to communicate better with third parties.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure data security appropriate to the respective risk. In particular, our measures ensure the confidentiality, availability, traceability and integrity of the personal data processed, but we cannot guarantee absolute data security.
Access to our website and our other online presence is protected by transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated HTTPS). Most browsers warn against visiting websites without transport encryption.
Our digital communication – like basically all digital communication – is subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion by security authorities in Switzerland, the rest of Europe, the United States of America (USA) and other countries. We have no direct influence on the corresponding processing of personal data by secret services, police forces and other security authorities. We also cannot rule out the possibility that a data subject may be monitored specifically.
We process personal data in principle in Switzerland and in the European Economic Area (EEA). However, we may also export or transfer personal data to other countries, in particular for the purpose of processing it or having it processed there.
We may export personal data to all countries on earth and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the local law guarantees an adequate level of data protection in accordance with the decision of the Swiss Federal Council and – if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable – also in accordance with the decision of the European Commission.
We may transfer personal data to countries whose laws do not guarantee adequate data protection if data protection is guaranteed for other reasons, in particular on the basis of standard data protection clauses or other suitable guarantees. In exceptional cases, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or appropriate data protection if the special data protection requirements are met, for example, the express consent of the data subjects or a direct connection with the conclusion or execution of a contract. We will be happy to provide data subjects with information about any guarantees on request or provide a copy of any guarantees.
We grant data subjects all claims under applicable data protection law. In particular, data subjects have the following rights:
We may postpone, restrict or refuse the exercise of the rights of data subjects to the extent permitted by law. We may draw the attention of data subjects to any conditions that may need to be fulfilled in order for them to exercise their data protection rights. For example, we may refuse to provide information, in whole or in part, on the grounds of confidentiality obligations, overriding interests or the protection of other persons. We may also refuse to delete personal data, in whole or in part, in particular on the grounds of statutory retention obligations.
We may charge a fee for exercising rights in exceptional cases. We will inform data subjects in advance of any costs.
We are obliged to take appropriate measures to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights. Data subjects are obliged to cooperate.
Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims through the courts or to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
The data protection supervisory authority for private controllers and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
European data protection supervisory authorities are organised as members of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). In some member states of the European Economic Area (EEA), the data protection supervisory authorities have a federal structure, particularly in Germany.
We may use cookies. Cookies – our own cookies (first-party cookies) and cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) – are data that are stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional cookies in text form.
Cookies can be stored in the browser temporarily as ‘session cookies’ or for a certain period of time as so-called permanent cookies. ‘Session cookies’ are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies have a certain storage duration. In particular, cookies enable us to recognise a browser the next time you visit our website and thus, for example, to measure the reach of our website. However, permanent cookies can also be used for online marketing, for example.
Cookies can be partially or completely disabled and deleted at any time in the browser settings. Without cookies, however, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively request – at least if and insofar as necessary – express consent to the use of cookies.
For cookies used to measure success and reach or for advertising, a general opt-out is possible for numerous services via AdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada), the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), YourAdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance) or Your Online Choices (European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, EDAA).
We may log at least the following information for each access to our website and our other online presence, provided that this information is transmitted to our digital infrastructure during such access: Date and time including time zone, IP address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, individual sub-pages of our website accessed including the amount of data transferred, last website accessed in the same browser window (referrer or referrer).
We log such information, which may also constitute personal data, in log files. The information is necessary to provide our online presence in a permanent, user-friendly and reliable manner. The information is also necessary to ensure data security – including by third parties or with the help of third parties.
We may integrate tracking pixels into our online presence. Tracking pixels are also referred to as web beacons. Tracking pixels – including those from third parties whose services we use – usually take the form of small, invisible images or scripts formulated in JavaScript that are automatically retrieved when our online presence is accessed. Tracking pixels can be used to collect at least the same information as in log files.
Notifications and messages may contain web links or tracking pixels that record whether an individual message has been opened and which web links were clicked on. Such web links and tracking pixels can also record the use of notifications and messages on a personal basis. We need this statistical recording of use to measure success and reach in order to send notifications and messages that are effective and user-friendly, as well as permanently, securely and reliably, based on the needs and reading habits of recipients.
You must generally consent to the use of your email address and other contact addresses, unless such use is permitted for other legal reasons. We may use the ‘double opt-in’ procedure to obtain any consent that has been confirmed twice. In this case, you will receive a message with instructions for the double confirmation. We may log consent obtained, including IP address and time stamp, for evidence and security reasons.
You can in principle object to receiving notifications and messages such as newsletters at any time. By objecting, you may at the same time object to the statistical recording of usage for measuring success and reach. We reserve the right to send necessary notifications and messages in connection with our activities and operations.
We send notifications and messages with the help of specialised service providers.
In particular, we use:
We use specialised third-party services to help us carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. These services allow us, among other things, to embed functions and content in our website. When such embedding occurs, the services used collect the IP addresses of users at least temporarily for technically compelling reasons.
For necessary security-related, statistical and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in connection with our activities and operations in an aggregated, anonymised or pseudonymised form. This may include, for example, performance or usage data in order to provide the respective service.
In particular, we use:
We use the services of specialised third parties to enable us to use the necessary digital infrastructure in connection with our activities and operations. This includes, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.
In particular, we use:
We use the services of specialised third parties to integrate digital content into our website. Digital content includes, in particular, image and video material, music and podcasts.
We use in particular:
We try to measure the success and reach of our activities and operations. In doing so, we may also measure the impact of third-party notices or how different parts or versions of our online services are used (‘A/B testing’ method). Based on the results of the success and reach measurement, we can in particular correct errors, strengthen popular content or make improvements.
In most cases, the IP addresses of individual users are recorded to measure success and reach. In this case, IP addresses are always truncated (‘IP masking’) in order to follow the principle of data economy through the corresponding pseudonymisation.
Cookies may be used and user profiles created to measure success and reach. Any user profiles created include, for example, the individual pages visited or content viewed on our website, information on the size of the screen or browser window and the – at least approximate – location. In principle, any user profiles created are exclusively pseudonymised and are not used to identify individual users. Individual services of third parties for which users are registered may, at most, associate the use of our online services with the user account or user profile of the respective service.
In particular, we use:
We have created this privacy policy using the data protection generator from Datenschutzpartner.
We can update this data protection declaration at any time. We will provide information about updates in a suitable form, in particular by publishing the current data protection declaration on our website.
Note: This data protection text was translated using DeepL Pro.