This privacy policy applies to all personal data processed by our company and to all personal data processed by companies commissioned by us (processors). By personal data, we mean information within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR, such as a person’s name, email address, and postal address. The processing of personal data ensures that we can offer and invoice our services and products, whether online or offline. The scope of this privacy policy includes:

• All online presences (websites, online shops) that we operate
• Social media presences and email communication
• Mobile apps for smartphones and other devices

Legal Basis
In the following privacy policy, we provide transparent information about the legal principles and regulations, i.e., the legal bases of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which enable us to process personal data.

Concerning EU law, we refer to REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016. You can read this General Data Protection Regulation of the EU online on EUR-Lex, the access to EU law, at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32016R0679.

We only process your data if at least one of the following conditions applies:

• Consent (Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR): You have given us your consent to process data for a specific purpose. An example would be storing the data you entered in a contact form.
• Contract (Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR): We process your data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual obligations with you. For example, if we enter into a purchase agreement with you, we need personal information beforehand.
• Legal obligation (Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. c GDPR): If we are subject to a legal obligation, we process your data. For example, we are legally required to keep invoices for accounting purposes. These usually contain personal data.
• Legitimate interests (Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR): In the case of legitimate interests that do not restrict your fundamental rights, we reserve the right to process personal data. For example, we need to process certain data to operate our website securely and economically efficiently. This processing is thus a legitimate interest.

Further conditions such as public interest, the exercise of public authority, and the protection of vital interests generally do not apply to us. If such a legal basis should be relevant, it will be indicated at the appropriate place. In addition to the EU regulation, national laws also apply:

• In Austria, this is the Federal Act on the Protection of Natural Persons in the Processing of Personal Data (Data Protection Act), abbreviated DSG.
• In Germany, the Federal Data Protection Act, abbreviated BDSG.

If further regional or national laws apply, we will inform you in the following sections.

Contact Details of the Controller

Retention Period As a general criterion, we only store personal data as long as necessary for providing our services and products. This means we delete personal data as soon as the reason for processing no longer exists. In some cases, we are legally obliged to store certain data even after the original purpose has ceased, for example, for accounting purposes. If you wish to have your data deleted or withdraw your consent to data processing, the data will be deleted as soon as possible, provided there is no obligation to retain it. We will inform you about the specific duration of the respective data processing further below if we have more information on this.

Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation According to Articles 13 and 14 GDPR, we inform you of the following rights to ensure fair and transparent data processing:

• Right to information (Article 15 GDPR): You have the right to know whether we process data about you. If so, you have the right to receive a copy of the data and to be informed about the following:

  • The purpose of the processing;
  • The categories of data being processed;
  • The recipients of the data, and if the data is transferred to third countries, how security is guaranteed;
  • The duration of data storage;
  • The right to correction, deletion, or restriction of processing and the right to object to processing;
  • That you can complain to a supervisory authority (links to these authorities can be found below);
  • The origin of the data if we did not collect it from you;
  • Whether profiling is carried out, i.e., whether data is automatically evaluated to create a personal profile about you.

• Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR): You have the right to correct data, which means we must correct data if you find errors.

• Right to deletion (Article 17 GDPR): You have the right to have your data deleted (“right to be forgotten”), which means you can request the deletion of your data.

• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR): You have the right to restrict processing, meaning we can only store the data but not use it further.

• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR): You have the right to receive your data in a common format upon request.

• Right to object (Article 21 GDPR): You have the right to object, which, if enforced, results in a change in processing.

If the processing of your data is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. e (public interest, exercise of public authority) or Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f (legitimate interest), you can object to the processing. We will then check as soon as possible whether we can legally comply with this objection.

If data is used for direct marketing, you can object to this type of data processing at any time. We may no longer use your data for direct marketing afterward.

If data is used for profiling, you can object to this type of data processing at any time. We may no longer use your data for profiling afterward.

You have the right, under certain circumstances, not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing (such as profiling) according to Article 22 GDPR.

You have the right to complain at any time to the data protection authority if you believe that the processing of personal data violates the GDPR.

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What Data is Processed?
The data processed depends on the communication functions we use. Very often, the IP address, username, and published content are stored. This primarily ensures security protection, prevents spam, and allows action against illegal content. Cookies can also be used for data storage. These are small text files stored in your browser with information. More details about the collected and stored data can be found in our individual sections and in the privacy policy of the respective provider.

Duration of Data Processing
We will inform you about the duration of data processing further below if we have more information on this. For example, post and comment functions store data until you withdraw the data storage. Generally, personal data is only stored as long as necessary for providing our services.

Right to Object
You also have the right and the possibility to withdraw your consent to the use of cookies or third-party communication tools at any time. This works either through our cookie management tool or other opt-out functions. For example, you can also prevent data collection by cookies by managing, disabling, or deleting cookies in your browser. Since cookies can also be used in publication media, we recommend reading our general privacy policy about cookies. To find out exactly what data is stored and processed about you, you should read the privacy policies of the respective tools.

Legal Basis
We primarily use communication tools based on our legitimate interests (Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR) in quick and good communication with you or other customers, business partners, and visitors. If the use serves the handling of contractual relationships or their initiation, the legal basis is also Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. Certain processing operations, particularly the use of cookies and the use of comment or message functions, require your consent. If and to the extent that you have consented to the processing and storage of data by embedded publication media, this consent serves as the legal basis for data processing (Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR). Most of the communication functions we use set cookies in your browser to store data. Therefore, we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies and the privacy policy or cookie guidelines of the respective service provider carefully. Information about specific tools can be found – if available – in the following sections.

Explanation: We, as a company and website owner, are responsible for all data we process about you. In addition to the controllers, there can also be processors. This includes any company or person processing personal data on our behalf. Processors can include service providers like accountants, as well as hosting or cloud providers, payment or newsletter providers, or large companies like Google or Microsoft.

Note: When we speak of processing in our privacy policy, we mean any type of data processing. As mentioned in the original GDPR statement, this includes not only collection but also storage and processing of data. All texts are copyrighted.

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