Data protection

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. In the following, we will inform you about how we have implemented the protection of your data on our website:

General

It is generally possible for you to use the website without registering as a user. No software or hardware techniques are used to collect the user's e-mail address or other personal data. Personal data is only collected if you expressly provide it to us. Your data will always be treated confidentially and will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided to us. You have the right to request information about the personal data stored about you free of charge. In addition, you have the right to correct, block and delete this data in accordance with the statutory provisions. This website contains links to other websites or social media pages. If you click on such a link that leads to other third-party websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies. Please check their privacy policies when using these websites.

Use of cookies

The website, e-mail traffic, online services, advertising and interactive applications may use “cookies” to optimize our services.

What is a “cookie”?

A “cookie” is a sequence of text characters that we transmit via our web server to the cookie file of the browser on the hard disk of your computer. This enables our website to recognize you when a connection is established between our web server and your browser. The main purpose of a cookie is to recognize visitors to the website so that our web server can present you with a more individual and personalized website tailored to your needs.

Two types of cookies are used on this website:

Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in your browser's cookie file until you leave our website. These cookies are necessary for certain applications or functions of the website to work properly.
Persistent cookies: We may use persistent cookies for a better user experience (e.g. to provide optimal navigation). These are cookies that remain in your browser's cookie file for a longer period of time. This period depends on the settings of your Internet browser. Persistent cookies allow information to be transmitted to a web server each time you visit the website. Persistent cookies are also known as tracking cookies. If you would like to learn more about cookies, there are many publications available on this topic. See for example: http://www.allaboutcookies.org

Category: Marketing

Name: Matomo
Providers: Matomo
Purpose: Matomo cookie for website analysis. Generates anonymous statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
 Privacy Policy: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/
Technical name: _pk_id
Running time: 730

Matomo

Our website uses Matomo (formerly: PIWIK). This is open-source software with which we can analyze the use of our site. Data such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the duration of your visit, and the frequency of your visits is processed.

Matomo stores a cookie on your device via your browser in order to collect this data. This cookie is valid for one week.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis and optimization of our website.

We use Matomo with the "Automatically Anonymize Visitor IPs" function. This anonymization function truncates your IP address by two bytes so that it is impossible to assign it to you or to the internet connection you are using.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

Cookie Policy

Server Data

For technical reasons, data such as the following, which your internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider (so called server log files), is collected:

- type and version of the browser you use
- operating system
- websites that linked you to our site (referrer URL)
- websites that you visit
- date and time of your visit
- your Internet Protocol (IP) address.

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal information you may have provided, thereby making it impossible to connect it to any particular person. The data is used for statistical purposes in order to improve our website and services.

Contacting Us

On our website we offer you the opportunity to contact us, either by email and/or by using a contact form. In such event, information provided by the user is stored 6 months for the purpose of facilitating communications with the user. No data is transferred to third parties. Nor is any of this information matched to any information that may be collected by other components of our website.

Information/Cancellation/Deletion

On the basis of the Data Protection Act, you may contact us at no cost if you have questions relating to the collection, processing or use of your personal information, if you wish to request the correction, blocking or deletion of the same, or if you wish to cancel explicitly granted consent. Please note that you have the right to have incorrect data corrected or to have personal data deleted, where such claim is not barred by any legal obligation to retain this data.

 

Sample privacy policy of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the law Offices of Weiß & Partner