Privacy Policy

Liability for the contents of this website

We are constantly developing the content of this website and strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information. Unfortunately, we cannot assume any liability for the correctness of all contents on this website, especially for those provided by third parties.

If you notice any problematic or illegal content, please contact us immediately, you will find the contact details in the imprint.

Liability for links on this website

Our website contains links to other websites for whose content we are not responsible. According to § 17 ECG we are not liable for linked websites, because we had and have no knowledge of illegal activities, we have not noticed such illegalities so far and we would remove links immediately if we become aware of illegalities.

If you notice illegal links on our website, we ask you to contact us, you will find the contact details in the imprint.

Copyright notice

All contents of this website (images, photos, texts, videos) are subject to copyright. If necessary, we will legally pursue the unauthorized use of parts of the content of our site.

Picture credits

The images, photos and graphics on this website are protected by copyright.

The image rights are held by the following photographers and companies:

  • PalmaDesign - Harald Palma
  • Envato Elements / stockfotos

Privacy policy

We have created this privacy statement (version 03/18/2019-221089291) in order to provide you with the best possible service in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act (DPA) explained what information we collect, how we use information, and what choices you have as a visitor to this site

Unfortunately, it is in the nature of things that these explanations sound very technical, but we have tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible when creating them.

Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

According to the provisions of the GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), you are generally entitled to the following rights:

  • Right of rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") (Article 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 DSGVO)
  • Right to notification - obligation to notify in connection with the rectification or erasure of personal data or the restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
  • Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have otherwise been violated in any way, you may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, which in Austria is the Data Protection Authority, whose website can be found at https://www.dsb.gv.at/.

Evaluation of visitor behavior

In the following privacy policy, we inform you whether and how we evaluate data from your visit to this website. The evaluation of the collected data is usually anonymous and we can not conclude from your behavior on this website to your person.

You can find out more about how to object to this analysis of visit data in the following data protection declaration.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy

We use Google Analytics from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) on this website to statistically analyze visitor data. Google Analytics uses target-oriented cookies for this purpose.

Cookies from Google Analytics

  • _ga
    • Expiration time: 2 years
    • Usage: differentiation of website visitors
    • Exemplary value: GA1.2.1326744211.152221089291
  • _gid
    • Expiration time: 24 hours
    • Usage: differentiation of website visitors
    • Exemplary valuet: GA1.2.1687193234.152221089291
  • _gat_gtag_UA_<property-id>
    • Expiration time: 1 Minute
    • Usage: Used to throttle the request rate. When Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie is named _dc_gtm_ <property-id>.
    • Exemplary value: 1

For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Pseudonymization

Our concern in terms of the DSGVO is the improvement of our offer and our web presence. Since the privacy of our users is important to us, the user data is pseudonymized. The data processing is based on the legal provisions of § 96 Abs 3 TKG as well as Art 6 EU-DSGVO Abs 1 lit a (consent) and/or f (legitimate interest) of the DSGVO.

Deactivation of data collection by Google Analytics

Using the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js), website visitors can prevent Google Analytics from using their data.

You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Policy

We use Google reCAPTCHA from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to prevent spam.

The legal basis for the use is Article 6 (1) f (lawfulness of processing), because there is a legitimate interest to protect this website from bots and spam.

reCAPTCHA is a free service that protects websites from spam and abuse. It uses advanced risk analysis techniques to separate humans from bots. With the new API, a significant number of your valid human users will pass the reCAPTCHA challenge without having to solve a CAPTCHA.  We use reCAPTCHA to secure forms.

By using reCAPTCHA, data is transmitted to Google, which Google uses to determine whether the visitor is a human or a (spam)bot. You can find out which data is collected by Google and what this data is used for at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de-AT.
You can read the terms of use for Google's services and products at https:// read policies.google.com/terms?hl=de-AT.

Gravatar Privacy Policy

On this website we use Gravatar from Automattic Inc. (60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA) to assign user images (avatars) to posts and comments based on the email address.

A gravatar is a Globally Recognized avatar - a globally available user picture - which is assigned to an e-mail address and at which can be used in various online services.
Since an image is only displayed when using an e-mail address registered with Gravatar and data is thus transferred to Gravatar, you can prevent the transfer of your data to Gravatar by commenting with an e-mail address not registered with Gravatar or Write posts.

The legal basis for the use is Article 6 (1) f (lawfulness of processing), because there is a legitimate interest in creating content (posts, comments,...) on this website to offer the possibility of an image of your choice own content.

Automattic is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. For more information, see https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant ?id=a2zt0000000CbqcAAC .
For more details on the privacy policy and what data Gravatar collects and how, visit https://automattic .com/privacy/, general information about Gravatar at http://de.gravatar .com/.

Source: Created with Data protection generator from firmenwebseiten.at in cooperation with trocado.at

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