DATA PROTECTION

The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. Your data is processed by us based on the legal provisions (General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679 - hereinafter referred to as "GDPR" as well as national data protection regulations).

1. Data Controller

The data controller within the meaning of Art 4 Z 7 GDPR is the operator of this website as specified in the imprint (referred to in this privacy policy as "We", "Us"). There you will also find all necessary contact details to exercise your rights (point 6).

2. Personal Data

We only process those personal data that you provide to us (by visiting our website or by providing information in a contact form or newsletter registration), such as: first name, last name, email address, telephone number, date of birth/age, gender, bank details (e.g., credit card number, account number), IP address; not all of the specified data types are affected or must be provided in every case. Special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art 9 GDPR are not processed by us within the scope of this website.

3. Processing of Personal Data

The processing of your personal data primarily serves to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art 6 para. 1 lit b GDPR), as we cannot prepare, conclude or fulfill a contract with you without this data. Furthermore, processing is carried out to safeguard our legitimate interests or those of third parties (Art 6 para. 1 lit f GDPR), in particular for the purpose of website security, debt collection, direct marketing in analog and digital form, customer retention, statistical evaluation, and improvement of our service offering and its quality (see point 6 for the right of withdrawal).

We will only process your personal data to the extent covered by the GDPR. In general, your personal data will not be transferred to third parties. If - for example, for the fulfillment of a contract - a transfer to third parties should be necessary, this transfer will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR. In this case, we ask you to also observe the data protection declarations of these third parties, as these may also be applicable. An exception to this is the use for statistical and similar purposes, but no personal data is transmitted for this purpose, only anonymized data that does not allow the identification of a natural person and cannot be assigned to a specific natural person (see also points 8, 9, 10).

4. Data Security

The protection of your personal data is ensured by organizational and technical measures, such as protection against unauthorized access and technical data security measures.

Please note, however, that despite these efforts, it cannot be completely ruled out that data that you disclose over the Internet may be viewed by other persons and potentially used. Therefore, we cannot accept any liability or responsibility for errors in data transmission or unauthorized access by third parties (e.g., hacker attacks, spyware, malware, etc.).

5. Retention of Personal Data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill contractual or legal obligations (corresponding retention obligations may arise, for example, from tax regulations or product liability regulations). Once this necessity no longer exists, the data will be deleted.

6. Information, Deletion, Right to Complain

Subject to any legal obligations of confidentiality, you have the right to obtain information at any time about your stored personal data, their origin, the purpose of processing, and, if applicable, the recipients of this data. Furthermore, you have the right to request the correction, transfer, restriction of processing, blocking, or deletion of your personal data if it is incorrect or the basis for data processing no longer exists. You also have the option to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art 6 para. 1 lit f GDPR ("legitimate interests").

We ask you to direct all of these requests to one of the contact options / contact persons specified in the imprint of the website.

We would like to point out that any objection does not affect the legality of the processing of personal data based on other legal bases according to Art 6 GDPR.

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates applicable data protection regulations or if your data protection rights have otherwise been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (in accordance with Art 77 GDPR).

7. Use of Cookies

To design the website according to your needs and to collect certain information, we use various technologies, including so-called cookies. Cookies are used to simplify internet use and communication.

Cookies are small text files that our website sends to your browser and that are stored on your computer to save them there as an anonymous identifier. The purpose of these cookies is, for example, to better control the connection during your visit to our website and to provide more effective support when you return to our website. Without this temporary "cache," some entries that have already been made would have to be repeated in some applications. A cookie contains only the data that a server issues or that the user enters on request (e.g., structure: information about domain, path, expiration date, cookie name, and value). Therefore, cookies contain purely technical information, not personal data. Cookies cannot spy on the user's hard drive, cause damage, or the like.

The following types of cookies may be used:

• Session Cookies: These are automatically deleted when the internet browser is closed.
• Persistent Cookies: These remain stored on your computer for a certain period of time, the duration depends on the stored expiration date.
• Third Party Cookies: These may include, in particular, cookies from various social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, etc.) or other internet service providers (such as Google). These cookies collect information such as length of stay, page views, movement via links, etc. They are used, for example, to display certain advertising content based on search histories, visited websites, and the like. These cookies cannot be read by us.

If you wish, you can generally suppress the storage of cookies (or certain types of cookies) through your web browser or decide whether you wish to be notified of storage. However, refusing cookies may result in some pages not being displayed correctly or in reduced usability.

8. Analysis Tools

The website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," which are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the platform. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on the website/platform, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website/platform, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Google offers an opt-out option to prevent the collection by Google Analytics. Please visit Google's respective website for this purpose.

9. Facebook Plugins

This website uses Facebook social plugins, which are operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; "Facebook"). The integrations can be recognized by the Facebook logo or by the terms "Like", "Like", "Share", etc. in Facebook's colors (blue and white). The plugins are only activated when you click on the corresponding buttons. You have the option to activate the plugins once or permanently. The plugins establish a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. We have no influence on the nature and extent of the data transmitted by the plugin to Facebook's servers. The plugin informs Facebook that you as a user have visited this website. There is a possibility that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account during your visit to this website, the mentioned information will be associated with it. If you use the functions of the plugin - for example, by sharing a post or clicking the "Like" button - the corresponding information will also be transmitted to Facebook and may be linked to your Facebook account. You can prevent this only by logging out before using the plugin. For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and options for protecting your privacy, please see Facebook's privacy policy.

10. Additional Web Tools

Additional web tools from Google may be used on this website (such as "Google AdWords", "Google AdSense", "Google AdExchange" or "Google Double Click for Publishers") - we are happy to provide information about whether and to what extent these tools are actually used and ask you to contact us with questions using one of the contact options specified in the imprint of the website. We do not process any personal data from you when using these tools, but data processing may be carried out by Google itself - therefore, please refer to Google's respective privacy policies to obtain further details on the use of your personal data.

11. Newsletter

You have the option to subscribe to our newsletter via the website. This is of course voluntary and can be canceled at any time. To be included in our newsletter database, we require your email address and your declaration that you agree to receive the newsletter. Once you have registered for this newsletter, you will receive an email with a link to confirm your registration ("double opt-in"). You can cancel the newsletter subscription at any time; please use one of the contact options specified in the imprint of the website for unsubscribing or click on the unsubscribe link contained in each issue of the newsletter.

12. Reservation of Right to Change

We reserve the right to adapt the privacy policy as necessary, for example, to reflect legal developments in the field of data protection. The adapted/changed data protection regulations will then apply to the future use of our website. Therefore, we recommend checking them from time to time.