Privacy policy

The protection of your personal data is of particular importance to us. We process your data exclusively on the basis of the applicable legal provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Austrian Telecommunications Act 2021 (TKG 2021).

Our website uses cookies, which are small text files stored on your device.
 

• Technically necessary cookies:

Stored on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
 

• Analytics or marketing cookies:

Stored only after your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with § 165 TKG 2021.
 
You may withdraw or modify your consent at any time with effect for the future via the cookie settings. Depending on their function, cookies are deleted automatically after the browser session ends or after the period defined by the respective cookie.

This website uses Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable analysis of how users interact with our website. The information generated by these cookies regarding your use of this website is transmitted to and stored on Google servers.
Processing takes place exclusively on the basis of your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
User and event data are stored for 2 months and are then automatically deleted.
Data may be transferred to the United States based on EU Standard Contractual Clauses pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR.
Further information: https://policies.google.com/privacy
You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

We use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that your IP address is shortened by Google within the European Union or in other contracting states of the European Economic Area before transmission. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and shortened there.
Your IP address will not be merged with other Google data.

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube platform provided by Google Ireland Limited. When you access a page containing an embedded YouTube video, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established.
 
Integration of YouTube content takes place only after you have given your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
 
Data may be transferred to the United States on the basis of EU Standard Contractual Clauses pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR.
 
Further information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

If you contact us via the contact form, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and in case of follow-up questions.
 
Processing takes place:

•  for the implementation of pre-contractual measures pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, or
• on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

 
Your data will be deleted once it is no longer required for processing and no statutory retention obligations apply. Providing the data is necessary for handling your request.

If you register for a course, workshop, or event via our website, we process the personal data you provide (e.g., name, title, company, email address, telephone number, billing data) for the purpose of organizing, conducting, and invoicing the respective event.
 
Processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the implementation of pre-contractual measures or for the performance of a contract.
 
Where statutory retention obligations apply (e.g., under corporate or tax law), your data will be stored for the legally required period.
 
Data will only be shared to the extent necessary for the organization of the event (e.g., payment service providers, tax advisors, or technical service providers acting as processors).

When visiting the website, our hosting provider automatically collects information in so-called server log files:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of server request
• IP address

 
Processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to ensure system security.
 
The storage period is generally 14 days.
 
A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with the hosting provider.

You are entitled to the following rights:
 

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

 
Right to lodge a complaint:
Austrian Data Protection Authority
Barichgasse 40–42
1030 Vienna
https://www.dsb.gv.at