Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Data Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website, as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Manfred Kratochvil
Blende 8
Oelweingasse 18
1150 Vienna
Austria
E-Mail: office@blende8.at
If you have any questions about data protection or the processing of your personal data on this website, you can contact us at any time at the email address listed above.
Hosting
Hosting Our Website
Our website is hosted by easyname GmbH, Canettistraße 5/10, 1100 Vienna, Austria.
To provide and ensure the secure operation of this website, the hosting provider processes data that is technically necessary. When you visit our website, your device establishes a connection with the web server. In particular, the following data may be processed and stored in server log files:
• IP address of the device accessing the site
• Date and time of access
• Page or file accessed
• Amount of data transferred and access status
• Browser used and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL, if provided by the browser
This data is technically necessary to deliver the content of our website, ensure the functionality and security of the web server, and detect and investigate technical errors and potential attacks.
Data processing is based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the secure, reliable, and technically sound operation of our website, in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
To the extent that easyname processes personal data on our behalf, such processing is carried out within the framework of data processing on our behalf in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR.
We do not use server log data for advertising purposes or to create personal user profiles. We only disclose this information to the extent necessary to provide and ensure the security of the hosting service, or when required by law.
According to our hosting provider, access logs are anonymized after 24 hours and deleted no later than three months afterward.
SSL/TLS Encryption
SSL/TLS Encryption
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information.
As a result, data that you send to us—for example, via the contact form or when signing up for the newsletter—is transmitted in encrypted form between your browser and our web server. This makes it more difficult for unauthorized third parties to read or alter the transmitted data.
You can recognize an encrypted connection, in particular, by the fact that the website address begins with “https://” and your browser indicates a secure connection.
Encryption is an integral part of our technical measures for protecting personal data. Article 32 of the GDPR requires a level of protection appropriate to the risk involved and explicitly lists the encryption of personal data as a possible security measure.
Cookies and Consent Management
Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small pieces of information that can be stored in the visitor's browser or on their device.
Some cookies are technically necessary to ensure that the website and the features you have explicitly requested function properly. Such technically necessary cookies may be used without prior consent.
Cookies or similar technologies that are not technically necessary for the operation of the website are used only if you have given your express consent in advance. The legal basis for storing information on your device or accessing information already stored there is Section 165(3) of the TKG 2021. To the extent that personal data is processed in this context, further processing is governed by the respective legal bases specified in the GDPR.
Consent Management with Complianz
To manage cookie settings and consent, we use the WordPress plugin on this website Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent.
The first time you visit our website, a notice about cookies and the available settings will be displayed. You can use this notice to make your selection. Complianz stores your selected settings in your browser using functional cookies so that your choice is taken into account when you visit the site again. The cookies Complianz uses for this purpose are specifically designed to store your consent status and the selected cookie categories. Complianz describes these cookies as functional cookies used to manage consent preferences.
You can access and change your selections at any time later by clicking the cookie icon on our website. You can also delete cookies through your browser settings. If the stored consent information is deleted, you may need to make your selections again on your next visit.
Cookies that are not technically necessary and the corresponding services—to the extent that they are used on this website—will be enabled only after you have given your consent. You may modify or revoke your consent at any time, effective for the future.
At this time, we do not use any embedded external social media content, advertising scripts, or similar marketing services on this website. Links to external social media profiles are explained separately in the “Social Media” section of this Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
Contact Form
If you contact us via the contact form, we will process the information you provide in order to receive, process, and respond to your inquiry.
The contact form collects the following required information:
First Name
• Last Name
• Email address
• Subject
• Content of your message
You must provide your email address so that we can respond to your inquiry. Before submitting the form, you must also confirm that you have read the privacy policy. The contact form cannot be submitted without this confirmation.
We use the data you provide exclusively to process your inquiry and handle related communication. We do not use this information for advertising purposes or to add you to our newsletter based on a contact request.
The legal basis for the processing depends on the content of your inquiry. If you are contacting us to initiate or fulfill a contract, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. For all other inquiries, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in handling and responding to inquiries in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
Data submitted via the contact form will not be disclosed to third parties unless it is necessary to process your inquiry or there is a legal obligation to do so.
The data will be stored only for as long as is necessary to process your request and for any subsequent communication, if applicable. This does not affect any statutory retention requirements.
Contacting Us by Email
If you contact us directly by email, we will process the personal data you provide in order to handle and respond to your inquiry. The specific data processed will depend on the information you include in your message.
The same principles generally apply to the legal basis, purpose, disclosure, and retention period as when you contact us via our contact form.
Newsletter
Sending Newsletters with AcyMailing
On our website, you have the option to voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter. We use the WordPress plugin to manage and send out the newsletter AcyMailing.
To subscribe to the newsletter, we only need your Email address. You are not required to provide a name, address, or other personal information. AcyMailing is also configured on our website so that when you sign up for the newsletter, keine IP-Adresse gespeichert wird.
We use your email address solely to manage your newsletter subscription and to send you the newsletters you have requested. Signing up for the newsletter does not occur automatically when you contact us via our contact form or when you use other features of our website.
Your email address is processed for the purpose of sending the newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
Double-Opt-in
To sign up for the newsletter, we use the Double opt-in process. After you enter your email address to subscribe to the newsletter, you will first receive a confirmation email. Your newsletter subscription will not be complete until you confirm it by clicking the link in that email.
This process is designed to ensure that the email address provided may indeed be used to subscribe to the newsletter and that no unauthorized third parties can subscribe.
Sending and Tracking
We send our newsletters via our own email account using SMTP. We do not use any additional external newsletter distribution service for this purpose.
AcyMailing is configured on our website to collect as little data as possible. The collection of IP addresses is disabled. Likewise, we do not use click tracking via AcyMailing or Google Analytics, nor do we track clicks on external links in our newsletters.
The user history stored in AcyMailing and the email archive history are automatically deleted after six months.
Unsubscription and Cancellation
You may revoke your consent to receive our newsletter at any time, effective for the future. You will find an unsubscribe link in every newsletter we send.
Once you unsubscribe, you will no longer receive newsletters unless you resubscribe at a later date.
To the extent that data is required to verify previously given consent, such data may be retained for the period necessary to comply with statutory statutes of limitations, evidence requirements, and retention obligations. After consent is revoked, the data will not be used for any other purpose related to the distribution of the newsletter.
Website-Statistik
Using WP Statistics
We use the WordPress plugin to analyze website usage statistics WP Statistics.
Statistical analysis helps us understand how our website is used, which pages and content are accessed most frequently, and how usage of our website changes over time. We use this information to improve our website, its content, and our offerings, both technically and in terms of content.
In our configuration, WP Statistics operates without tracking cookies. The statistical data collected is stored in the database of our own WordPress installation. We do not use the optional data transmission to WP Statistics for analysis or improvement purposes.
What data is processed?
WP Statistics processes technical and statistical information generated when you visit our website. This may include, in particular, the following information:
• Pages and content viewed
• Date and time of a page view
• Source of a visit or referrer information, to the extent that such information is transmitted
• Browser used and browser type
• Operating system used or device type
• statistical information about the country of origin or the approximate geographic location
• Information about visitor and page view counts
We do not store complete IP addresses as such for statistical purposes. WP Statistics is configured so that IP addresses anonymized and additionally hashed The hash generated in this process is used to distinguish between visits for statistical purposes without permanently storing the original IP address in the statistical data.
The storage of complete user-agent strings is disabled. Similarly, the activities of logged-in administrators are excluded from the statistics.
Privacy-Friendly Configuration
We have configured WP Statistics to minimize data collection. Specifically, we have enabled the following privacy features and made the following settings:
• Anonymization of IP addresses
• Hashing of IP addresses
• Do not store complete user-agent strings
• No tracking of logged-in administrators
• Taking the browser's “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting into account
• No optional sharing of anonymized usage data with the provider of WP Statistics
• No click tracking by an external analytics service
Visitors whose browsers transmit an enabled “Do Not Track” setting are excluded from statistical tracking in accordance with that setting.
Purpose and Legal Basis
The processing of statistical data serves our legitimate interest in understanding how our website is used in aggregate form, assessing its technical functionality, and further developing its content and offerings to meet user needs.
Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (legitimate interest). We have configured WP Statistics so that data processing is as data-minimal as possible and no tracking cookies are used for these statistics.
Storage and Retention Period
The statistical data collected by WP Statistics is stored locally in the database of our WordPress installation.
Detailed statistical data is retained for a period of no more than 730 days (2 years) stored. After that, older data is automatically aggregated. In this process, the detailed data records are deleted; only summarized statistical values regarding visitors and page views for the website and its individual pages are retained.
This allows us to track long-term trends on our website without having to store detailed statistical data indefinitely.
Sharing of Statistical Data
We do not sell the statistical data collected by WP Statistics, nor do we use it for advertising profiles.
The statistical data is processed in our own WordPress database. The optional feature for transmitting anonymized usage data to WP Statistics is disabled on our website.
Statistical data collected using WP Statistics is not transmitted to Google Analytics or other external web analytics services.
Social Media
Links to our social media profiles
On our website, you'll find links to our profiles on various social media platforms. Currently, this includes Facebook, Instagram, YouTube und Pinterest.
These links are exclusively standard external links. Our website does not embed any social media feeds, posts, videos, “Like” or “Share” buttons, or similar content from these platforms.
As long as you do not click on such a link, the mere display of the link on our website does not establish a connection to the respective social media platform.
Only when you click on a social media link will you leave our website and be redirected to the respective platform. From that point on, any further processing of personal data will be carried out by the respective platform operator in accordance with its own privacy policy.
We have no control over what personal data the respective platform processes after you access it, for what purposes it is used, or how long it is stored. This may depend, in particular, on whether you are logged in to the respective platform or have a user account there.
Our Social Media Channels
When you visit our social media profiles or interact with us there—for example, by sending a message, leaving a comment, or contacting us in some other way—we may receive and process the information you provide through the respective platform.
We use this information solely to communicate with you and to manage our respective social media accounts.
In addition, the operator of the respective platform processes personal data on its own responsibility. Information about the nature, scope, and purpose of this processing, as well as your rights and settings options, can be found in the privacy policy of the respective platform operator.
Platforms Used
We maintain or link to profiles on the following platforms:
Facebook und Instagram – Services provided
More information: Meta Privacy Policy
YouTube – Services provided
More information: Google Datenschutzerklärung
Pinterest – Services provided
More information: Pinterest Datenschutzrichtlinie
Retention Period and Deletion of Personal Data
Principles Governing Retention Periods
As a general rule, we store personal data only for as long as is necessary for the specific purpose of the processing.
To the extent that specific retention or deletion periods are specified for individual processing operations in this Privacy Policy, the periods stated therein apply.
In addition, personal data may be stored for a longer period if there are statutory retention or documentation requirements, or if continued storage is necessary to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims. Once the respective purpose for storage no longer applies and existing statutory retention periods have expired, the data will be deleted or—to the extent provided for and sufficient—anonymized or aggregated into non-personal statistical data.
Data in backup copies
As part of the technical operation of our website, backup copies are created on a regular basis. As a result, personal data that has already been deleted from the active systems may still be contained in a backup copy for a limited period of time.
Such backup copies are used exclusively to restore data and systems in the event of a technical error, data loss, or security incident. They are not used to reuse personal data that has already been deleted for the original processing purposes.
According to our hosting provider, the web space and database backups it provides are retained for a period of up to zwei Wochen verfügbar.
Your Rights
Rights of Data Subjects
When we process your personal data, you have various rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In particular, you have the right to:
• for information about the personal data we process and further information regarding its processing,
• for correction correction of inaccurate personal data or completion of incomplete personal data,
• for deletion your personal data, provided that the legal requirements for doing so are met,
• Restriction of processing, provided that the legal requirements for doing so are met,
• on data portability, to the extent that this right applies to the specific processing,
• upon appeal to object to processing based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, provided that the legal requirements are met,
• as well as revocation of consent that has been granted effective going forward.
The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of that consent up to the time of withdrawal.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights or have questions about the processing of your personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact information provided in the “Data Controller” section.
Right to File a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR or other data protection laws, you have the right to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
In Austria, this is specifically:
Austrian Data Protection Authority
Barichgasse 40–42
1030 Vienna
Austria
For more information, please visit the website of the Austrian Data Prodection Authority.
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Current Status and Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy if legal requirements, the technical design of our website, or the services we use change.
The current version published on this website is always the authoritative one.
Bei wesentlichen Änderungen unserer Datenverarbeitung werden wir diese Datenschutzerklärung entsprechend aktualisieren.
Fragen zum Datenschutz
Wenn Sie Fragen zu dieser Datenschutzerklärung oder zur Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten haben, können Sie sich jederzeit über die im Abschnitt „Verantwortlicher für die Datenverarbeitung“ angegebenen Kontaktdaten an uns wenden.
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