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Imprint & Data privacy

LEGAL NOTICE & PRIVACY POLICY

On this page, you will find the information required under the duty to inform according to Section 5 of the Telemedia Act (TMG).
This is a private website.

1. Introduction

This privacy statement informs you about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within our online offering and the websites, functions, and content associated with it, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (collectively referred to as “online offering”). With regard to the terminology used, such as “processing” or “controller,” we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Legal Bases

Regarding EU legislation, we refer to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was enacted by the European Parliament and the Council on April 27, 2016, under REGULATION (EU) 2016/679. Full details of this regulation can be viewed on EUR-Lex, the portal for EU law, at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32016R0679.

Your personal data is processed only under certain conditions:

Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR): You have given your explicit consent to the processing of data for a specific purpose, for example, storing the information from a contact form.

Contractual Necessities (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR): To fulfill a contract or pre-contractual obligations, we process your data. This is required, for example, to fulfill contractual obligations for which your personal information is needed.

Legal Requirements (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR): Due to legal obligations, we must process your data, such as retaining invoices for accounting purposes.

Legitimate Interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): If necessary within the scope of our legitimate interests and your fundamental rights do not override, we reserve the right to process your data. This is necessary to operate our website securely and efficiently.

Other circumstances such as processing in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority, as well as protecting vital interests, are generally not applicable to us. Should such a basis nevertheless be relevant, this will be explicitly stated.

In addition to EU regulations, national laws also apply:

In Austria, the Data Protection Act (DSG),
In Germany, the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
You will be informed about additional applicable regional or national legislation in the relevant sections of our privacy policy.

2. Responsibility

Responsibility for content on this website – We regularly update the content of our website and strive to provide accurate and timely information. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of all content presented on this website, especially those provided by third parties. As a provider, we are not legally obligated to monitor transmitted or stored information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Despite our non-liability, our legal obligations to remove or block the use of information under general laws remain unaffected by this. If you encounter problematic or illegal content, please contact us immediately so we can take appropriate action. Duty of disclosure according to §5 E-Commerce Act, §14 Unternehmensgesetzbuch, §63 Gewerbeordnung and disclosure obligation according to §25 Mediengesetz: K. Halbig, Street: Herakhstr, No: 27, Zip-C0de: 4810, City: Gmunden, Country: Austria, E-Mail: wasteland (-at-) fantsymail (-dot-) de.
Responsibility for external links on this website – Our website includes links to external websites, for which we are not responsible. We are not liable for these externally linked websites according to § 17 ECG since we had no knowledge of illegal activities and have not noticed any such activities to date. However, we would remove links immediately if we become aware of any illegal activities.

3. Types of Processed Data

  • Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses).
  • Contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers).
  • Content data (e.g., text input, photographs, videos).
  • Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times).
  • Meta-/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

4. Categories of Affected Persons

Visitors and users of the online offering (Hereinafter, we refer to the affected persons collectively as “users”).

5. Purpose of Processing

  • Provision of the online offering, its content, and features.
  • Responding to contact requests and communicating with users.
  • Security measures.
  • Audience measurement/marketing.

6. Use of Cookies

Our website uses “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and saved by your browser. They help to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You are free to withdraw your consent to the use of cookies or third-party services at any time. This can be done either via our cookie management tool or through other available opt-out options. For example, you can prevent the collection of data by cookies by configuring, deactivating, or deleting these in your browser. Even after a revocation, the legality of the processing up to that point remains unaffected. As our website often uses audio and video functions that employ cookies, we recommend consulting the comprehensive privacy policy of the relevant third-party cookie providers.

7. Use of WordPress and WordPress Plugins from Third Parties

The website uses the construction system of WordPress.com. WordPress is operated by the US-based company Automattic Inc., located at 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.

It is important to mention that some of the data you provide through WordPress is also processed on servers in the USA. The European Court of Justice has determined that the USA does not offer a comparable level of data protection to the EU, which can pose various risks for the security and legality of data processing. WordPress uses the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the EU Commission for the legal safeguarding of data transfers to third countries, particularly to the USA (see Art. 46(2) and (3) GDPR). These Standard Contractual Clauses, also known as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC), are template contracts that are supposed to ensure that your data is processed outside the EU according to European data protection standards. WordPress commits itself through these clauses to maintain the European level of data protection, even if data processing takes place in the USA.

Further information about the specific data processing conditions can be found here:
https://wordpress.com/support/data-processing-agreements/
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=en
https://automattic.com/privacy/

This website also uses various third-party plugins that serve to provide additional functions and features. These plugins may also collect and process data to offer their services. We ensure to use only plugins from trustworthy providers, but we cannot take responsibility for the security and privacy of data processed by third parties.

8. Hosting

The hosting services we use are intended to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space, and database services, security services, and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offering. We, or our hosting provider World4You, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties, and visitors of this online offering based on our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offering according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of contract processing agreement).

9. Data Transfer to Third Countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or this occurs within the framework of the use of third-party services or disclosure or transmission of data to third parties, this only occurs if it is to fulfill our (pre-)contractual obligations, based on your consent, on a legal obligation, or on our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or let the data be processed in a third country only in the presence of the special conditions of Art. 44 ff. GDPR. That is, processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a data protection level corresponding to the EU (e.g., for the USA by the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognized specific contractual obligations (so-called “Standard Contractual Clauses”).

10. Rights of the Affected Persons

  • You have the right to find out if data concerning you is being processed, to access the data, to obtain additional information, and a copy of the data in accordance with legal requirements.
  • You have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.
  • You have the right, under the legal provisions, to demand the restriction of the processing or the deletion of your data.
  • If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates applicable data protection law or your data protection claims have been violated in any other way, you are free to file a complaint with the competent regulatory authority. In Austria, this is the Data Protection Authority, whose website can be accessed at https://www.dsb.gv.at/.

11. EU Dispute Resolution

In accordance with the Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution in Consumer Affairs (ODR Regulation), we would like to point out the possibility of online dispute resolution. Consumers can submit complaints to the European Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution platform: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. You can find our email address at the top of the imprint. However, we are not obligated and generally unwilling to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Disclaimer

Content of the Online Offering

We strive to provide high-quality information, but we cannot guarantee the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of the content provided.

External Links

This website contains links to third-party websites. We have no influence over the content of these directly or indirectly linked websites. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the content for these “external links.”

Copyright Notice

The content and works published on this website are protected by copyright. Any exploitation not permitted by copyright law requires our prior written consent.

Privacy

When visiting the website, information about the access (date, time, viewed page) can be stored. These data are not personal data; they are anonymized. They are evaluated exclusively for statistical purposes. A transfer to third parties, for commercial or non-commercial purposes, does not occur.

12. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify the privacy policy in order to adapt it to changed legal situations, or to changes in the service and data processing. Users are encouraged to regularly inform themselves about the content of the privacy policy.