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Data collection on our website

What data is processed and for what purpose?

1) Data that is automatically saved when visiting our website in a server log file. These are, above all, technical data necessary for checking the system security. These are:

- Name of the called domain
- IP address
- Date and time of the request
- Page
- Used server protocol
- Status of the called page
- Referring website
- Internet browser detection. This may include browser name, version, and operating system

Furthermore, this data will be used anonymously for our web statistics. A merge of this data with other data sources will not be done.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR allowing the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

2) Data that you give us actively and voluntarily by registering on our website and whose processing you accept by agreeing to our terms of use and privacy policy, is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

When you register on our website, we at least save this information:

- Username/pseudonym
- Password
- Date of registration
- Date of the last login
- Anonymized IP address
- Location (City, Country)
- Browser signature

For reasons of privacy, we recommend using a pseudonym that differs from your name and email address.

The data provided during registration remain stored as long as you are registered on our website.

Anonymized IP addresses are stored by our system for 30 days to protect against possible violations and misuse, such as spam. Our system uses an internal antispam database to automatically block corresponding user accounts.

At no time will personal data, such as Email address, transmitted to external antispam services.

3) Data that is processed by third parties and whose responsibility for data protection compliance lies with third parties

These are advertisement service providers such as Google Adsense and plugins like YouTube to display videos on our website. An exact overview of used services and plugins of third parties can be found in the appendix.

4) Cookies

Like most websites, our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that contain data (such as your login) and are stored by your Internet browser. Most cookies on this website are called session cookies. These are automatically deleted after closing your Internet browser, other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them.

You can also completely block cookies in your internet browser. In this case, restrictions may occur on our website. In particular, the login will not work.

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We use the following types of cookies:

Cookies on our website
A list of standard cookies on our website and its function can be found in the appendix “Standard cookies on our website”.

Third-party cookies
Cookies may be provided by third parties. Please refer to the links to the corresponding privacy statements in the appendix "Third-party services and plugins".

General information and mandatory information

Data protection

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and only store data that is necessary for the operation of this website. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations.

Please note that data transmission on the Internet, such as E-mail, may have security holes. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Responsible for this website is:

Esselbach Internet Solutions
Philipp Esselbach
Rautenstrauchgasse 6-16/4
1110 Vienna
Austria

E-Mail:
Note: This is our regular office mail address. Do not use this email address for press releases or other unwanted news letters. Any unwanted news letter on this address will be treated as spam.

Your rights

You have the right to receive free information about your stored personal data, the correction and limitation of processing at any time within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. Please note that we require proof of your identity for such requests, for data security reasons.

Information

If you have an active user account on this website, you can log in to our user management tool with your login to get an overview of all your stored personal data.

Data portability

You have the right to obtain personally identifiable information we have stored based on your consent in a structured, common, machine-readable format. If you have an active user account on this site, log in to our user management tool and select "Download this information".

Deletion and objection

You can always delete your active user account. This will deletes all personal data stored in your user account in accordance with Art. 17 (1) (b) GDPR. To delete your active user account, log in to our user management tool with your login and select the option "Delete my account". Please note that this process is not reversible.

Any public postings that you have written will be anonymised in this case, since otherwise existing topics will be taken out of context. Moreover, this would contradict freedom of expression and freedom of information. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant in accordance with Art. 6 Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the case of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority:

Austrian Data Protection Authority
Wickenburggasse 8
1080 Vienna
Austria

Homepage: http://www.dsb.gv.at

Third-party services

Quantcast Choice

Our website is using Quantcast Choice, a consent management provider (CMP) solution built on and registered with the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent framework. Consumers visiting sites with Quantcast Choice will see one of a number of user-interface options available asking the consumer to grant consent for their data to be used in line with GDPR.

Operator is Quantcast Internationl Limited, Beaux Lane House, Lower Mercer Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. You can find the privacy policy of Quantcast at: https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/

The use of Quantcast Choice is on our legitimate interest in order to be in line with the GDPR. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Google Adsense

Our website uses Google Adsense as advertising service provider. The information generated by cookies and web beacons (including the IP address of the users) about the use of this website and the delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Google uses your IP address for detecting invalid click activity and attacks. Google will anonymize the IP address after 9 months. This information may also be disclosed by Google to Google's contractors. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data you have stored.

Please note that we opt out of personalized ads in countries of the European Economic Area (EEA). If you are living in a non-EEA country you may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the http://optout.aboutads.info website.

Operator is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. You can find the privacy policy of Google at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads and the Google Ads Controller-Controller Data Protection Terms here: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/

The use of Google Adsense is on our legitimate interest in financing our website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins to display videos from YouTube. If you visit this page with embedded YouTube videos, the YouTube server will tell you which of our pages you've visited.

Operator is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. You can find the privacy policy of YouTube at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

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