Data Privacy Policy

Chris Armada is responsible for processing your personally identifiable data on our website. You will find all of our information in the imprint.

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personally identifiable data in confidence and in compliance with current legal provisions as well as this privacy policy.

Your data will not be shared with other recipients without your expressed permission.

Services, Scripts & Cookies

Services

In order to operate our website, we use services by third-party providers in the following areas:

  • Webhosting (hetzner.de) in order to store data and run the website
  • Map services (Google Maps) in order to provide a map for travel to our facilities
  • Web analysis (Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel) in order to conduct a statistical analysis of use of our website

Scripts

A script is a form of software that provides certain functions, processes data and which links our website to various services of third-party providers, for example the web analysis products of Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel.

In order to operate our website, we use scripts by the following third-party providers:

  • Google Analytics for web analysis

These scripts are not absolutely necessary for the operation of our website (in a worst-case scenario, the web analysis does not encompass all website users, which does not significantly alter the validity of the statistics themselves). Our website is configured in such a way that these scripts are only initiated pursuant to your consent.

Cookies

This website uses cookies.

Cookies make websites more user-friendly and efficient for the user. A cookie is a small text file used to store information. When you visit a website, the website may place a cookie on the user’s computer. If the user then visits the website later, the website can read the data on the previously stored cookie, thereby determining whether the user had previously visited the website or not, as well as what areas of the website were of particular interest to the user in question.

Further information about cookies can be found on WIKIPEDIA.

Changing your cookie settings

The user can determine precisely how the web browser handles cookies, which cookies are accepted or blocked etc. by changing the settings in their web browser. Where precisely these settings can be found varies according to the web browser in question. Detailed information about this can be found by using your web browser’s help function.

If use of cookies is restricted, under certain circumstances you will not be able to take advantage of the website’s functionality to the fullest extent.

Cookies on our website

Our website uses the following providers:

  • Our website (CookieConsent):is used to store your agreement to the use of cookies.

Web Analysis

In order to continually develop our website, we conduct statistical analysis of the use of our website with the help of web analysis products from Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel. For example, in this way we are able to determine what content on our website is particularly interesting for people, using this information to improve our offer.

Statistical analysis of your use of this website only occurs pursuant to you expressing your consent for web analysis to be conducted.

In order to conduct a statistical analysis, our website uses web analysis products from Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel. To do so, our website integrates scripts and cookies from Google and Facebook. These only begin to run after you have given your expressed permission for the web analysis to occur.

If you wish, you can revoke consent you have previously given for the collection of your user data for web analysis purposes simply by clicking on the following link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your computer that will prevent your data being collected whenever you visit our website in future: deactivate web analysis

Further below, you have the opportunity deactivate each of the individual services.


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 overriding legitimate interest (analysis of website use). We have entered into a contract with Google for the purposes of processing such data and only within the scope of that agreement.

When you open our website, software establishes a link to the services of Google and data is transmitted, in some cases to Google servers located in the USA. Google Analytics also uses cookies in order to store information about the website user and analyze use of the website by that particular user.

This website uses the function “Activate IP Anonymization”. By means of this, if you are located within the member states of the European Union or other countries within the European Economic Area that are a party to the agreement, Google will abbreviate your IP address before transmitting it to the server. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address first be sent to a Google server in the USA, where it is then abbreviated.

According to Google, Google will use the data collected in order to analyze use of the website, compile reports about website activities and provide related services pertaining to website use as well as use of the Internet in general.

Google may also share this information with third parties, insofar as this is prescribed by law or these third parties are contracted by Google to process such data.

Detailed information about how Google Analytics handles user data may be found in the privacy policies of Google as well as Google Analytics.

Deactivate Google Analytics

  • You can prevent the collection of your user data by Google Analytics in general and on all websites simply by downloading the browser plug-in available at the following link and installing it to your computer: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
  • You can prevent the collection of your user data by Google Analytics only on this website by clicking on the following link. This will install an opt-out cookie that will prevent collection of your data whenever you visit this website in future: Deactivate Google Analytics

Data Privacy Declaration for the Use of Facebook Plug-Ins (“Like” Button)

Our webpages integrate plug-ins from social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook plug-ins can be recognized by the Facebook logo as well as the “like” button on our website. An overview about Facebook plug-ins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

If you visit our website, the plug-in establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. This tells Facebook that you visited our website by means of your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, the content of our webpages can be linked to your Facebook profile. In this way, Facebook can also sync your visit to our website with your user account. We wish to point out that, as the operator of this website, we have no knowledge as to the content of data transmitted, nor do we know how Facebook uses this information. Further information can be found in Facebook’s own privacy policy available at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not wish Facebook to sync your visit to our website with your Facebook user account, be sure to log out of your Facebook account beforehand.


Youtube

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as "YouTube".

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield Google and its subsidiary YouTube guarantee that they will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.

We use YouTube in its advanced privacy mode to show you videos. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the advanced privacy mode means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server if you actually start a video.

Without this mode, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access any of our webpages on which a YouTube video is embedded.

This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website within your browser. YouTube will record and process at a minimum your IP address, the date and time the video was displayed, as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the DoubleClick advertising network of Google is established.

If you are logged in to YouTube when you access our site, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube account.

For the purpose of functionality and analysis of usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your browser. 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.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Google's privacy policy found at https://policies.google.com/privacy


MailChimp - Newsletter

We offer you the opportunity to register for our free newsletter via our website.

We use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as "The Rocket Science Group".

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield the Rocket Science Group guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. In addition, the Rocket Science Group offers further information about its data protection practices at http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of your registration will be saved. During the registration process, your consent to receive this newsletter will be obtained together with a concrete description of the type of content it will offer and reference made to this privacy policy.

The newsletter then sent out by The Rocket Science Group will also contain a tracking pixel called a web beacon. This pixel helps us evaluate whether and when you have read our newsletter and whether you have clicked any links contained therein. In addition to further technical data, such as data about your computer hardware and your IP address, the data processed will be stored so that we can optimize our newsletter and respond to the wishes of our readers. The data will therefore increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter.

The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You may revoke your prior consent to receive this newsletter under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent or click on the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter.


Your rights

You have the right to be provided details of the data which has been collected about you, to have such data corrected or deleted, to restrict how that data is processed, and to ensure that such data is provided to you or third parties authorized by you in a portable and readily accessible fashion.

You have the right to revoke any and all permission you have previously given for the processing of your personally identifiable data. This in no way affects the legality of any personally identifiable data having been collected up to the point when you revoked your permission.

You have the right to object to the processing of your personally identifiable data for direct advertising purposes. If you express such an objection, your personally identifiable data will no longer be used for the purposes of direct advertising.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate oversight authorities (Austrian Data Protection Office, Wickenburggasse 8, 1010 Wien dsb@dsb.gv.at).