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Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data is of particular importance to us. We therefore process your data exclusively in accordance with legal requirements (EU GDPR, TKG 2003). This privacy policy provides you with information about the most important aspects of data processing in connection with our website.

Things to Know

Contact Us

If you contact us via the form on our website or by email, we will store the information you provide for six months to process your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

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Newsletter

You have the option to subscribe to our newsletter through our website. To do so, we need your email address and your consent to receive the newsletter. You can cancel your newsletter subscription at any time via the newsletter management section on our website or by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our newsletters. We will then immediately delete your data related to the newsletter distribution in accordance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). After that, you will no longer receive any communications from us. Please note that if you have multiple newsletter subscriptions, you must unsubscribe from each one individually.

Cookies

Our website uses so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device with the help of your browser. They do not cause any harm. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. They allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. If you do not wish this to happen, you can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow them only on a case-by-case basis. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Web Analytics

Our website uses features provided by the web analytics service Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043. This involves the use of cookies, which enable an analysis of how users interact with the website. The information generated in this way is transmitted to the provider’s server and stored there. You can prevent this by configuring your browser so that cookies are not stored. We have entered into a corresponding contract with the provider regarding commissioned data processing. Your IP address is collected but immediately pseudonymized (e.g., by deleting the last 8 bits). This means that only a rough geolocation is possible. The relationship with the web analytics provider is based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission (e.g., in the case of the U.S.: “Privacy Shield”).

Data processing is carried out in accordance with the legal provisions of Section 96(3) of the Telecommunications Act (TKG) and Article 6(1)(f) (legitimate interest) of the GDPR. Our purpose, within the meaning of the GDPR (legitimate interest), is to improve our services and our website. Because we value our users’ privacy, user data is pseudonymized. User data is retained for a period of 26 months.

Your Rights

You generally have the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, withdrawal, and objection. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have otherwise been infringed, you may file a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Austria, this is the Data Protection Authority. Of course, we would prefer it if you would contact us first in such a case. You can find out how to do this easily in our legal notice.