Privacy Policy

The processor responsible for the processing of your personal data on this website is:

The VHH Consortium (see Imprint)

Privacy Statement valid from: July 17, 2020

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and will treat your personal data in confidence and in accordance with data protection law along with this Privacy Statement.

Our website may as a rule be used without providing any personal data. If any personal data are collected on our pages, this will always occur, where possible, on a voluntary basis.

Access Data and Log Files

The controller will collect data relating to access to the server (server log files) in order to uphold its legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR; monitoring of technical function, enhancing operational security). The following personal data will be collected and erased within no more than two years:

content retrieved

  • date and time of the server query
  • browser type / browser version
  • operating system used
  • referrer URL (website previously visited)
  • IP address
  • name of page retrieved
  • amount of data transferred
  • status code

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies make websites more user-friendly and efficient for users. A cookie is a small text file that is used in order to store information. When visiting a website, the website may store a cookie on the computer of the visitor to the website. If the user visits the website again, the website may read the data from the cookie previously saved and e.g. establish whether the user has previously visited the website and which areas of the website the user was particularly interested in.

Changing Cookie Settings

The user may adjust the web browser settings in order to determine how the web browser handles cookies, and which cookies are accepted or refused. The precise location of these settings is dependent upon the relevant web browser. Detailed information regarding this matter may be found using the help function of the relevant web browser. If the usage of cookies has been limited, it may not be possible to use all of this website’s functions under certain circumstances.

Cookies on our Website

Our website uses the following cookies:

SessionID: An identification number allowing to assign user requests to a session.
ga: Google Analytics: used for audience measurement
gaOptout: used in order to save the opt out from Google Analytics.
INTERNET AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT

We use internet audience management tools on the basis of our legitimate interests (analysis and optimisation of our online content pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) on the legal basis of our overriding legitimate interest (analysis of website usage). We have concluded a contracted data processing agreement with Google for this purpose.

When retrieving our website, a connection will be established using software with the Google servers and data will be transmitted to Google servers, some of which are situated in the USA. Google Analytics also uses cookies in order to store information concerning the website user and to analyse how the website is used by visitors.

This website uses the function “activate IP anonymisation”. This means that your IP address will first be abbreviated by Google within the Member States of the European Union or in other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated at that location in exceptional cases.

According to information provided by Google, Google will use the data collected in order to assess usage of the website, to generate reports concerning website activities and to provide additional services associated with website and internet usage.

Google will also pass this information on to third parties if required to do so by law or where third parties process these data on behalf of Google.

More detailed information as to how user data is handled by Google Analytics may be found in the Privacy Policy of Google or of Google Analytics.

Deactivate Google Analytics

You can prevent your user data from being collected by Google Analytics as a general matter on all websites by downloading and installing the browser plugin available through the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
You can prevent your user data from being collected by Google Analytics on this website only by clicking on the following link. This will install an opt-out cookie, which will prevent your data from being collected during subsequent visits to this website: Opt-Out
YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to obtain information, to correct, to erase and to limit the processing of personal data; you also have the right to data portability.

You have the right to revoke any consent to the processing of your personal data that you have granted. The legality of any processing that has occurred in accordance with your consent prior to revocation will not be affected by revocation.

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of direct advertising. In the event that you object, your personal data will no longer be processed for the purpose of direct advertising.

You also have the right to complain to the supervisory authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde [Austrian Data Protection Authority], Hohenstaufengasse 3, 1010 Vienna, dsb@dsb.gv.at).