Privacy
Privacy Policy
At X4ITS, we aim to be open about the way our site works to collect user data, we are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
1 Data controller
The data controller responsible in respect of the information processed on this website is the Platform coordinator AustriaTech – Gesellschaft des Bundes für technologiepolitische Maßnahmen GmbH.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email to datenschutzbeauftragter@austriatech.at or by post to AustriaTech, Raimundgasse 1/6, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
2 Your rights
It is important for you to understand and be able to exercise your ‘data rights’; in particular, your right to not to have personal data used for direct marketing purposes.
Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), you have the right to access, modify, and delete your data.
2.1 Withdrawal of consent
You may withdraw consent for data processing at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal; If you wish to do so, please use the contact details are above.
2.2 Access to personal data
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you, in relation to information we store on your name, email address, profile information such as company and job title, and the topics and subjects you mention in a contact message submitted personally or via the website contact form. Following a request we require up to 30 working days to provide you with your information. We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.
2.3 Retention of your data
We will erase or anonymise your data once it is no longer necessary for the purpose we obtained it for.
X4ITS Coordinator AustriaTech
2.4 Changing or erasing data
You may instruct us to change any inaccurate data or to erase data that is no longer required for a specified purpose.
2.5 Complaints to a supervisory authority
You have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Austria, this is the Austrian Data Protection Authority. Their contact details are available on their website https://www.data-protection-authority.gv.at/
3 What information do we collect?
We collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a) Information that you provide to us when sending any enquiries to us via contact form or via email
(b) and any other information that you choose to send to us.
Personal information submitted to, and acquired via, this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy and/or in relevant parts of the website. It is processed in accordance with your consent.
X4ITS Coordinator AustriaTech
3.1 Server data
For technical reasons, the following data sent by your internet browser to us or to our server provider will be collected, especially to ensure a secure and stable website: These server log files record the type and version of your browser, operating system, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the webpages on our site visited, the date and time of your visit, as well as the IP address from which you visited our site.
The data thus collected will be temporarily stored, but not in association with any other of your data. The basis for this storage is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website. In such case, all or part of the data will be excluded from deletion until the investigation of the relevant incident is finally resolved.
3.2 Contact
If you contact us via email or the contact form, the data you provide will be used for the purpose of processing your request. We must have this data in order to process and answer your inquiry; otherwise we will not be able to answer it in full or at all. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once we have fully answered your inquiry and there is no further legal obligation to store your data, such as if an order or contract resulted therefrom.
X4ITS Coordinator AustriaTech
www.austriatech.at
4 Using your personal information
We may use your personal information to:
(a) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website;
(b) administer the website;
Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.
5 Disclosures
We may disclose information about you to any of our partners insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
6 Cookie use
To facilitate the use of our website we use cookies. „Cookies“ are small bits of information that are stored by your browser on your computer hard drive and are necessary for personalised use of our website. Thus, the information contained in cookies facilitates session control, in particular improvement of navigation, for example, through font size. Cookies help you navigate our site. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies. By changing the settings of your browser, you can change this. You can also remove cookies stored on your computer at any time by deleting temporary files.
7 Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
8 International data transfers
If necessary, information that you provide to us when sending any enquiries to us via contact form or via email and any other information that you choose to send to us may be stored and processed in and transferred between X4ITS partners to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.
X4ITS Coordinator AustriaTech
www.austriatech.at
9 Security of your personal information
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password and firewall protected) servers. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted using SSL technology.
Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
10 Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.