1. SCOPE
This privacy policy provides information, in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator (Mag. Felix Elstner, Josefstädter Straße 11/16, 1080 Vienna; controller within the meaning of the GDPR).
Your personal data is processed in accordance with the GDPR. Due to potential security vulnerabilities in data transmission over the Internet, complete protection against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed.
COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA
You can visit this website without providing any personal information. Only access data without personal reference is stored—even if the visit is made via newsletter links. Access is stored in so-called “server log files” and contains the following data:
• Visited website
• Time of access
• Amount of data transmitted (in bytes)
• Source/referrer (from where you accessed our site)
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used
This data is evaluated exclusively for statistical purposes or to improve this website and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your identity.
Personal data that allows conclusions about your identity is collected only if you voluntarily provide it, e.g. as part of a contact request or when filling out a form. Your personal data will not be passed on, or only if permitted by law or if you consent to the data collection.
3. USE OF COOKIES
This website uses so-called cookies. Cookies are small files stored on your device that save certain settings and data for exchange with our system via your browser. This storage helps to tailor the website to you and makes it easier to use, for example by saving certain entries so that you do not have to repeat them each time. Your browser allows you to restrict the use of cookies; however, this may mean that this website will no longer function properly or will function only with limitations. Cookies can also be deleted there.
Session cookies
Session cookies are deleted after you close your browser.
Persistent cookies
Cookies are used that remain on your hard drive. For your convenience, the expiry date is set to a future date. When you visit again, it is automatically recognized that you have visited before and which entries and settings you prefer (so-called persistent cookies).
4. HANDLING OF CONTACT DETAILS
If you contact the website operator using the contact options provided (e.g. contact form), your details will be processed solely for the purpose of handling your request. Your data will be stored for a maximum period of six months so that it can be accessed to process and respond to your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. Without your consent, this data will not be passed on to third parties.
5. WEB ANALYTICS AND GOOGLE SERVICES
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).
Google Analytics uses cookies to enable an analysis of website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymization, your IP address is shortened within the EU beforehand.
Other Google services that may be used on this website include:
- Google Fonts: For uniform font display, this website uses external fonts provided by Google Fonts. When you access the page, your browser loads the required web fonts directly from Google servers. Your IP address is transmitted to Google. More information: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
- Google Maps / reCAPTCHA / YouTube: These services also transmit data to Google servers. Please note the specific privacy information at https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can prevent processing by Google by installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
6. USE OF CLOUDFLARE TURNSTILE
To protect forms on this website, we use Cloudflare Turnstile, a service provided by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. This service is used to verify whether an entry is made by a natural person or is abusively made by automated machines (e.g. bots). Turnstile replaces traditional CAPTCHA solutions.
To analyze user behavior, Cloudflare collects, among other things, the following data:
- User’s IP address,
- Referrer URL,
- Timestamp,
- Browser information,
- Operating system,
- and, if applicable, further technical information.
Processing is carried out on the basis of legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in order to protect the website from misuse and spam.
Further information on data processing by Cloudflare can be found in Cloudflare’s privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
7. RIGHT OF ACCESS, RECTIFICATION AND ERASURE
You have the right to obtain free information about your stored personal data as well as the right to rectification, restriction or erasure of this data, insofar as your request does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g. mandatory data retention).