data protection
We have prepared this privacy statement (version 26.11.2019-211107836) to explain to you, in accordance with the requirements of the Basic Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act (DSG), what information we collect, how we use data and what choices you have as a visitor to this website.

Unfortunately, it is in the nature of things that these statements sound very technical. However, we have tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible.

Automatic data storage
When you visit websites today, certain information is automatically generated and stored, including on this website.

When you visit our website as you are doing now, our web server (computer on which this website is stored) automatically stores data such as

the address (URL) of the called web page
Browser and browser version
the operating system
the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL)
the host name and IP address of the device from which it is accessed
Date and time
in files (web server log files).

Web server log files are usually stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not pass on this data, but we cannot rule out the possibility that this data may be viewed in the event of unlawful conduct.

Storage of personal data
Personal data that you provide to us electronically on this website, such as your name, e-mail address, address or other personal information when submitting a form or comment in the blog, will be used by us together with the time and IP address only for the purpose stated, kept secure and will not be disclosed to third parties.

We therefore use your personal data only for communication with visitors who expressly wish to contact us and for the processing of the services and products offered on this website. We do not pass on your personal data without your consent, but we cannot rule out the possibility that this data may be viewed in the event of unlawful conduct.

If you send us personal data by e-mail – i.e. outside of this website – we cannot guarantee the secure transmission and protection of your data. We recommend that you never send confidential data unencrypted by e-mail.

Rights under the Basic Data Protection Ordinance
According to the provisions of the DSGVO and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), you have the following rights in principle:

Right to rectification (Article 16 DSGVO)
Right to cancellation („right to be forgotten“) (Article 17 DSGVO)
Right to limitation of processing (Article 18 DSGVO)
Right of notification – notification obligation in relation to rectification or erasure of personal data or limitation of processing (Article 19 DSGVO)
Right to data transferability (Article 20 DSGVO)
Right of objection (Article 21 DSGVO)
Right not to be subject to a decision based exclusively on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22 DS Block Exemption Regulation)
If you believe that the processing of your data violates the data protection law or your data protection claims have otherwise been violated in any way, you can complain to the supervisory authority, which in Austria is the data protection authority, whose website you can find at https://www.dsb.gv.at/ .

Evaluation of visitor behaviour
In the following data protection declaration we inform you whether and how we evaluate data from your visit to this website. As a rule, the data collected is evaluated anonymously and we cannot deduce from your behaviour on this website any personal information about you.

You can find out more about the possibilities of contradicting this evaluation of visit data in the following data protection declaration.

TLS encryption with https
We use https to transmit data in a tap-proof manner on the Internet (data protection through technology design Article 25 paragraph 1 DSGVO). Through the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the Internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data. You can recognize the use of this data transmission security by the small lock symbol in the top left corner of the browser and the use of the https scheme (instead of http) as part of our Internet address.

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Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Policy
Our primary goal is to ensure that our website is protected and secure for you and for us in the best possible way. In order to guarantee this, we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). With reCAPTCHA, we can determine if you are a flesh and blood person and not a robot or other spam software. By spam we mean any unsolicited information that we receive electronically. With the classic CAPTCHAS, you usually had to solve text or image puzzles to check them. With reCAPTCHA from Google, we usually don’t have to bother you with such puzzles. In most cases it is enough to simply tick the box and confirm that you are not a bot. With the new Invisible reCAPTCHA version you don’t even have to set a checkmark anymore. You can find out exactly how this works and, above all, which data is used for it in the course of this data protection declaration.

What is reCAPTCHA?
reCAPTCHA is a free captcha service from Google that protects websites from spam software and abuse by non-human visitors. This service is most commonly used when you fill out forms on the Internet. A captcha service is an automatic Turing test designed to ensure that an action on the Internet is performed by a human and not by a bot. In the classic Turing test (named after the computer scientist Alan Turing), a human being makes a distinction between a bot and a human being. With Captchas, this is also done by the computer or a software program. Classic captchas work with small tasks that are easy for humans to solve, but have considerable difficulties for machines. With reCAPTCHA you don’t have to actively solve any more puzzles. The tool uses modern risk techniques to distinguish people from bots. Here you only have to tick the text field „I am not a robot“ or with Invisible reCAPTCHA even this is no longer necessary. With reCAPTCHA a JavaScript element is integrated into the source code and then the tool runs in the background and analyzes your user behavior. From these user actions, the software calculates a so-called captcha score. Google uses this score to calculate how high the probability is that you are a human being even before captcha input. ReCAPTCHA or captchas in general are always used when bots could manipulate or abuse certain actions (e.g. registrations, surveys, etc.).

Why do we use reCAPTCHA on our website?
We only want to welcome people of flesh and blood on our site. Bots or spam software of all kinds can stay at home. That’s why we do everything we can to protect ourselves and offer you the best possible usability. That’s why we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google. So we can be pretty sure that we will remain a „bot-free“ website. By using reCAPTCHA, data is transmitted to Google, which uses Google to determine whether you are really a human being. reCAPTCHA therefore serves the security of our website and consequently also your security. For example, without reCAPTCHA it could happen that during registration a bot registers as many e-mail addresses as possible in order to subsequently „spam“ forums or blogs with unwanted advertising content. With reCAPTCHA we can avoid such bot attacks.

Which data is stored by reCAPTCHA?
ReCAPTCHA collects personal data from users in order to determine whether the actions on our website actually originate from humans. The IP address and other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service can therefore be sent to Google. IP addresses are almost always truncated before they land on a server in the U.S. within the member states of the EU or other signatory states to the European Economic Area Agreement. The IP address will not be combined with any other data held by Google unless you are signed in to your Google Account while using reCAPTCHA. First, the reCAPTCHA algorithm checks whether Google cookies from other Google services (YouTube, Gmail, etc.) have already been placed on your browser. Then reCAPTCHA places an additional cookie in your browser and captures a snapshot of your browser window.

The following list of collected browser and user data is not exhaustive. Rather, they are examples of data which, according to our knowledge, are processed by Google.

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Referrer URL (the address of the page from which the visitor comes)
IP address (e.g. 256.123.123.1)
Information about the operating system (the software that allows you to run your computer). Known operating systems are Windows, Mac OS X or Linux.)
Cookies (small text files that store data in your browser)
Mouse and keyboard behavior (every action you perform with the mouse or keyboard is saved)
Date and language settings (which language or which date you have preset on your PC is saved)
All Javascript objects (JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to adapt to the user. JavaScript objects can collect all possible data under one name.)
Screen resolution (shows how many pixels the image consists of)
There’s no doubt that Google uses and analyzes this data before you click the „I’m not a robot“ check mark. With the Invisible reCAPTCHA version even the ticking is omitted and the whole recognition process runs in the background. How much and which data Google stores exactly, you don’t get to know from Google in detail.

The following cookies are used by reCAPTCHA: Here we refer to the reCAPTCHA demo version of Google at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo. All these cookies require a unique identifier for tracking purposes. Here is a list of cookies that Google has set on the reCAPTCHA demo version:

Name: IDE
Expiry time: after one year
Use: This cookie is used by the company DoubleClick (also owned by Google) to register and report a user’s actions on the website in connection with advertisements. In this way, the advertising effectiveness can be measured and appropriate optimisation measures can be taken. IDE is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net.
Example value: WqTUmlnmv_qXyi_DGNPLESKnRNrpgXoy1K-pAZtAkMbHI-211107836

Name: 1P_JAR
Expiry time: after one month
Use: This cookie collects website usage statistics and measures conversions. A conversion occurs, for example, when a user becomes a buyer. The cookie is also used to display relevant advertisements to users. The cookie can also be used to prevent a user from seeing the same ad more than once.
Example value: 2019-5-14-12

Name: ANID
Expiry time: after 9 months
Use: We could not get much information about this cookie. Google’s Privacy Policy mentions the cookie in connection with „promotional cookies,“ such as „DSID,“ „FLC,“ „AID,“ „TAID. ANID is stored under the domain google.com.
Example value: U7j1v3dZa2111078360xgZFmiqWppRWKOr

Name: CONSENT
Expiry time: after 19 years
Use: The cookie stores the status of a user’s consent to the use of different Google services. CONSENT also provides security to help verify users, prevent fraudulent logon information, and protect user information from unauthorized attacks.
Example value: YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0

Name: NID
Expiry time: after 6 months
Use: NID is used by Google to match ads to your Google search. The cookie helps Google „remember“ your most frequently-entered searches or your past interaction with ads. You’ll always get customized ads. The cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to collect the user’s personal preferences for advertising purposes.
Example value: 0WmuWqy211107836zILzqV_nmt3sDXwPeM5Q

Name: DV
Expiration time: after 10 minutes
Use: Once you have checked the „I am not a robot“ box, this cookie will be set. The cookie is used by Google Analytics for personalized advertising. DV collects information in anonymous form and is also used to make user choices.
Example value: gEAABBCjJMXcI0dSAAAANbqc211107836

Note: This enumeration cannot claim to be complete, as experience has shown that Google changes the selection of its cookies time and again.

How long and where is the data stored?
By inserting reCAPTCHA, data is transferred from you to the Google server. Where exactly this data is stored is not clearly shown by Google, even after repeated inquiries. Without having received confirmation from Google, it can be assumed that data such as mouse interaction, time spent on the website or language settings are stored on the European or American Google servers. The IP address that your browser transmits to Google is generally not merged with other Google data from other Google services. However, if you are logged into your Google Account while using the reCAPTCHA plug-in, the data will be merged. This is subject to Google’s different data protection regulations.

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How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
If you do not want data about you and your behaviour to be transmitted to Google, you must completely log out of Google and delete all Google cookies before visiting our website or using the reCAPTCHA software. In principle, the data is automatically transmitted to Google as soon as you call up our site. To delete this data again, you must contact Google support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=211107836 .

So when you use our website, you consent to Google LLC and its agents automatically collecting, processing and using information.

To learn more about reCAPTCHA, please visit Google’s web developer page at https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/ Although Google will go into the technical development of reCAPTCHA in more detail here, you will not find detailed information about data storage and data protection topics there. A good overview of the basic use of data by Google can be found in the company’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy
On this website we use Google Analytics from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to statistically evaluate visitor data. Google Analytics uses target-oriented cookies for this purpose.

Cookies from Google Analytics
_ga
Expiry time: 2 years
Use: Differentiation of website visitors
Example value: GA1.2.1326744211.152211107836
_gid
Expiry time: 24 hours
Use: Differentiation of website visitors
Example value: GA1.2.1687193234.152211107836
_gat_gtag_UA_<property-id>
Expiration time: 1 minute
Use: Used to throttle the requirement rate. When Google Analytics is provided through the Google Tag Manager, this cookie is named _dc_gtm_ <property-id>.
Sample value: 1
For more information about the terms of use and privacy policy, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de respectively.

Pseudonymisation
Our concern in the sense of the DSGVO is the improvement of our offer and our web appearance. Since the privacy of our users is important to us, the user data is pseudonymised. Data processing is based on the statutory provisions of § 96 Para. 3 TKG and Art. 6 EU-DSGVO Para. 1 lit a (consent) and/or f (legitimate interest) of the DSGVO.

Deactivation of data collection by Google Analytics
The browser add-on to disable Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js) helps website visitors prevent Google Analytics from using their information.

You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Google Analytics add-on for data processing
We have concluded a direct customer contract with Google for the use of Google Analytics by accepting the „add-on for data processing“ in Google Analytics.

You can find out more about the data processing supplement for Google Analytics here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=de&utm_id=ad

Google Analytics IP anonymization
We have implemented the IP address anonymization of Google Analytics on this website. This feature was developed by Google to enable this website to comply with applicable data protection laws and the recommendations of local data protection authorities when they prohibit the storage of the full IP address. IP anonymization or masking occurs when IP addresses arrive on the Google Analytics data collection network and before the data is stored or processed.

More information on IP anonymization can be found at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=de.

Google Analytics reports on demographics and interests
We’ve turned on advertising reporting in Google Analytics. The demographic and interest reports include age, gender, and interests. This allows us to get a better picture of our users without being able to associate this data with individual persons. You can find out more about the advertising functions at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3450482?hl=de_AT&utm_id=ad .

You can stop using the activities and information in your Google Account under „Advertising preferences“ at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated by checking the box.

Google Analytics reports on demographics and interests
We’ve turned on advertising reporting in Google Analytics. The demographic and interest reports include age, gender, and interests. This allows us to get a better picture of our users without being able to associate this data with individual persons. You can find out more about the advertising functions at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3450482?hl=de_AT&utm_id=ad .

You can stop using the activities and information in your Google Account under „Advertising preferences“ at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated by checking the box.

Google Analytics deactivation link
If you click the following opt-out link, you can prevent Google from tracking further visits to this webpage. Note: Deleting cookies, using your browser’s incognito/private mode, or using another browser will result in data being collected again.

[google_analytics_optout]Deactivate Google Analytics[/google_analytics_optout]
Embedded Social Media Elements Privacy Policy
We include elements of social media services on our website to display images, videos and text.
By visiting pages that display these elements, data is transferred from your browser to the respective social media service and stored there. We do not have access to this data.
The following links will take you to the pages of the respective social media services where we explain how they handle your data:

Instagram Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
YouTube is subject to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Facebook data policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
Facebook Privacy Policy
We use selected Facebook tools from Facebook on our website. Facebook is a social media network of the company Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland. These tools enable us to provide you and people interested in our products and services with the best possible service. Below is an overview of the various Facebook tools, what information is sent to Facebook and how you can delete that information.

What are Facebook tools?
In addition to many other products, Facebook also offers the so-called „Facebook Business Tools“. This is the official name of Facebook. However, since the term is hardly known, we have decided to call it Facebook Tools only. These include among others:

Facebook pixels
social plug-ins (like the „Like“ or „Share“ button)
Facebook Login
account kit
APIs (programming interface)
SDKs (collection of programming tools)
platform integrations
plug-ins
codes
specifications
documentations
Technologies and Services
Through these tools, Facebook expands services and has the ability to obtain information about user activity outside of Facebook.

Why do we use Facebook tools on our website?
We want to show our services and products only to people who are really interested. Through Facebook Ads, we can reach exactly these people. However, Facebook needs information about people’s desires and needs to be able to show users appropriate ads. In this way, the company is provided with information about user behaviour (and contact data) on our website. Facebook thus collects better user data and can display suitable advertisements about our products and services to interested people. The tools thus enable tailor-made advertising campaigns on Facebook.

Facebook calls data about your behaviour on our website „event data“. This data is also used for measurement and analysis services. Facebook can thus generate „campaign reports“ on the impact of our advertising campaigns on our behalf. In addition, analysis gives us a better understanding of how you use our services, website or products. This allows us to use some of these tools to optimize your user experience on our website. For example, you can use the social plug-ins on our site to share content directly on Facebook.

What information does Facebook Tools store?
By using individual Facebook tools, personal information (customer information) may be sent to Facebook. Depending on the tools used, customer information such as name, address, phone number, and IP address may be sent.

Facebook uses this information to match the information with its own information it has about you (if you are a Facebook member). Before customer data is transferred to Facebook, it is hashed. This means that a data record of any size is transformed into a character string. This also serves to encrypt data.

In addition to the contact data, „event data“ is also transmitted. Event data“ refers to the information we receive about you on our website. For example, which subpages you visit or which products you buy from us. Facebook does not share the information it receives with third parties (such as advertisers) unless the company has explicit permission or is legally required to do so. „Event Data“ may also be associated with contact information. This allows Facebook to offer better personalized advertising. After the matching process mentioned above, Facebook deletes the contact data again.

To optimize the delivery of advertisements, Facebook only uses the event data if it has been combined with other data (collected by Facebook in a different way). Facebook also uses this event data for security, protection, development and research purposes. Much of this information is transferred to Facebook through cookies. Cookies are small text files that are used to store data or information in browsers. Depending on the tools used and whether or not you are a Facebook member, your browser may store a different number of cookies. In the descriptions of the individual Facebook tools, we go into more detail about individual Facebook cookies. General information about the use of Facebook cookies can also be found at https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies .

How long and where is the data stored?
In principle, Facebook stores data until it is no longer needed for its own services and Facebook products. Facebook has servers all over the world where your data is stored. However, customer data is deleted within 48 hours after it has been compared with your own user data.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
In accordance with the basic data protection regulation, you have the right to information, correction, transferability and deletion of your data.

The data will only be completely deleted if you completely delete your Facebook account. This is how the deletion of your Facebook account works:

1) Click Settings on the right side of Facebook.

2) Then click on „Your Facebook Information“ in the left column.

3) Now click „Deactivate and Delete“.

4) Now select „Delete Account“ and click „Next and Delete Account“.

5) Now enter your password, click on „Next“ and then on „Delete account“.

The data that Facebook receives via our site is stored, among other things, via cookies (e.g. in the case of social plug-ins). You can deactivate, delete or manage individual or all cookies in your browser. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. The following instructions show how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Deleting, activating and managing cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Deleting cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Deleting and managing cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you do not want cookies, you can set your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. In this way, you can decide whether to allow each individual cookie or not.

Facebook is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. More information can be found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG. We hope we have provided you with the most important information about how Facebook tools use and process your data. If you would like to learn more about how Facebook uses your information, we encourage you to read the Privacy Policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update .

Instagram Privacy Policy
We have implemented functions of Instagram on our website. Instagram is a social media platform from Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA. Instagram has been a subsidiary of Facebook Inc. since 2012 and is a Facebook product. Embedding Instagram content on our website is called embedding. This allows us to show you Instagram content such as buttons, photos or videos directly on our website. When you visit web pages on our site that have an Instagram feature built in, data is transferred to Instagram, stored and processed. Instagram uses the same systems and technologies as Facebook. Your data is processed across all Facebook companies.

Below, we’ll give you a closer look at why Instagram collects data, what that data is, and how you can largely control data processing. Because Instagram is part of Facebook Inc., we obtain our information from both the Instagram guidelines and the Facebook data guidelines themselves.

What is Instagram?
Instagram is one of the most popular social media networks in the world. Instagram combines the advantages of a blog with the advantages of audiovisual platforms like YouTube or Vimeo. You can upload photos and short videos to „Insta“ (as many users call the platform), edit them with various filters and distribute them to other social networks. And if you don’t want to be active yourself, you can only follow other interesting users.

Why do we use Instagram on our website?
Instagram is the social media platform that has gone through the roof in recent years. And of course we have responded to this boom. We want you to feel as comfortable as possible on our website. That’s why we take it for granted that our content is presented in a varied manner. Through the embedded Instagram functions we can enrich our content with helpful, funny or exciting content from the Instagram world. Because Instagram is a subsidiary of Facebook, the data we collect may also be useful for personalized advertising on Facebook. This means that our advertisements only reach people who are really interested in our products or services.

Instagram also uses the collected data for measurement and analysis purposes. We get aggregated statistics and more insight into your preferences and interests. It is important to note that these reports do not personally identify you.

What data does Instagram store?
If you come across one of our pages that have Instagram features (such as Instagram images or plug-ins) built in, your browser will automatically connect to Instagram’s servers. Data is sent to Instagram, stored and processed. It doesn’t matter whether you have an Instagram account or not. This includes information about our website, your computer, purchases made, advertisements you see and how you use our offering. The date and time of your interaction with Instagram is also stored. If you have an Instagram account or are logged in, Instagram will store significantly more information about you.

Facebook differentiates between customer data and event data. We expect Instagram to do the same. For example, customer data includes name, address, phone number, and IP address. This customer information will not be transmitted to Instagram until you have been „hashed“. Hashing means transforming a record into a string. This allows you to encrypt the contact information. In addition, the above „event data“ is also transmitted. Facebook – and therefore Instagram – understands event data as data about your user behavior. It can also happen that contact data is combined with event data. The contact data collected is compared with the data Instagram already has on you.

The collected data is transmitted to Facebook via small text files (cookies), which are usually set in your browser. Depending on the Instagram features you use and whether you have an Instagram account yourself, different amounts of data are stored.

We assume that Instagram’s data processing works in the same way as Facebook. This means that if you have an Instagram account or have visited www.instagram.com, Instagram has set at least one cookie. If this is the case, your browser uses the cookie to send info to Instagram when you come into contact with an Instagram feature. At the latest after 90 days (after matching) this data is deleted again or anonymized. Although we have worked extensively on the processing of Instagram data, we cannot say exactly what data Instagram collects and stores.

Below we show you cookies that are set in your browser at least when you click on an Instagram function (such as a button or an Insta image). In our test, we assume that you do not have an Instagram account. If you are logged in to Instagram, your browser will of course set significantly more cookies.

These cookies were used in our test:

Name: csrftoken
Value: „“
Intended use: This cookie is most likely set for security reasons in order to prevent counterfeiting of requests. However, we could not find out more about this.
Expiry date: after one year

Name: mid
Value: „“
Purpose: Instagram uses this cookie to optimize its own services and offerings inside and outside of Instagram. The cookie specifies a unique user ID.
Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: fbsr_211107836124024
Value: not specified
Purpose: This cookie stores the log-in request for users of the Instagram app.
Expiration date: at the end of the session.

Name: rur
Value: ATN
Intended Use: This is an instagram cookie that provides functionality on instagram.
Expiration date: After the end of the session.

Name: urlgen
Value: „{„194.96.75.33″: 1901}:1iEtYv:Y833k2_UjKvXgYe211107836“
Purpose: This cookie is used for Instagram marketing purposes.
Expiration date: at the end of the session.

Note: We cannot claim completeness here. Which cookies are set in the individual case depends on the embedded functions and your use of Instagram.

How long and where is the data stored?
Instagram shares the information it receives between Facebook companies with external partners and with people you connect to around the world. Data is processed in accordance with Instagram’s own data policy. Your data is distributed on Facebook servers around the world, including for security reasons. Most of these servers are located in the USA.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
Thanks to the Basic Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to information, transferability, correction and deletion of your data. You can manage your data in the Instagram settings. If you want to completely delete your data on Instagram, you must permanently delete your Instagram account.

This is how Instagram account deletion works:

First open the Instagram app. On your profile page, go down and click „Help Area“. You will now be taken to the company’s website. On the website, click on „Manage your account“ and then on „Delete your account“.

If you delete your account completely, Instagram will delete posts such as your photos and status updates. Information that other people have shared about you does not belong to your account and is therefore not deleted.

As mentioned above, Instagram stores your information primarily through cookies. You can manage, disable or delete these cookies in your browser. Depending on your browser, the administration works a bit differently. Here we show you the instructions of the most important browsers.

Chrome: Deleting, activating and managing cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Deleting cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Deleting and managing cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

You can also set your browser so that you are always informed when a cookie is to be set. Then you can always decide individually whether you want to allow the cookie or not.

Instagram is a subsidiary of Facebook Inc. and Facebook is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This framework ensures correct data transfer between the United States and the European Union. You can find out more at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG . We have tried to provide you with the most important information about data processing through Instagram. On https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
you can take a closer look at Instagram’s data guidelines.

Cookies
Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
Below we explain what cookies are and why they are used to help you better understand the following privacy statement.

What exactly are cookies?
Whenever you surf the Internet, use a browser. Well-known browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge. Most Web pages store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.

One thing cannot be dismissed: Cookies are really useful helpers. Almost all websites use cookies. More precisely, they are HTTP cookies, since there are also other cookies for other applications. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically stored in the cookie folder, the „brain“ of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more additional attributes must be specified.

Cookies store certain user data from you, such as language or personal page settings. When you return to our site, your browser sends the „user-related“ information back to our site. Thanks to cookies, our website knows who you are and offers you the settings you are used to. In some browsers, each cookie has its own file, in others, such as Firefox, all cookies are stored in a single file.

There are both first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, third-party cookies are created by partner sites (such as Google Analytics). Each cookie is unique because each cookie stores different information. The expiration time of a cookie also varies from a few minutes to a few years. Cookies are not software programs and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other „pests“. Cookies also cannot access information on your PC.

For example, cookie data may look like this:

Name: _ga
Value: GA1.2.1326744211.152211107836 Purpose: Differentiation of website visitors
Expiry date: after 2 years

A browser should be able to support these minimum sizes:

At least 4096 bytes per cookie
At least 50 cookies per domain
At least 3000 cookies in total
What types of cookies are there?
The question which cookies we use in particular depends on the services used and is clarified in the following sections of the Privacy Policy. At this point we would like to briefly explain the different types of HTTP cookies.

There are 4 types of cookies:

Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary to ensure the basic functionality of the website. For example, these cookies are needed when a user places a product in the shopping cart, then continues surfing on other pages and later only proceeds to checkout. These cookies do not delete the shopping cart, even if the user closes his browser window.

Useful cookies
These cookies collect information about the user behavior and whether the user gets any error messages. In addition, these cookies are used to measure the loading time and the behavior of the website with different browsers.

Target-oriented cookies
These cookies ensure better user friendliness. For example, entered locations, font sizes or form data are stored.

Advertising cookies
These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to deliver individually tailored advertising to the user. This can be very practical, but also very annoying.

Usually, when you first visit a website, you are asked which of these cookie types you want to allow. And of course this decision is also stored in a cookie.

How can I delete cookies?
How and whether you want to use cookies is up to you. Regardless of which service or website the cookies originate from, you always have the option of deleting, deactivating or only partially allowing cookies. For example, you can block third-party cookies, but allow all other cookies.

If you want to determine which cookies have been stored in your browser, if you want to change or delete cookie settings, you can find this in your browser settings:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Deleting cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Deleting and managing cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you do not want cookies, you can set your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. In this way, you can decide for each individual cookie whether to allow the cookie or not. The procedure varies depending on the browser. It is best to search for the instructions in Google using the search term „Delete cookies Chrome“ or „Deactivate cookies Chrome“ in the case of a Chrome browser.

What about my privacy policy?
Since 2009 there are the so-called „cookie guidelines“. It states that the storage of cookies requires your consent. Within the EU countries, however, there are still very different reactions to these guidelines. In Austria, however, this directive was implemented in § 96 (3) of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).

If you want to know more about cookies and do not shy away from technical documentation, we recommend https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265, the Request for Comments of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) called „HTTP State Management Mechanism“.

Google Fonts Local Privacy Policy
On our website we use Google Fonts of the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). We have integrated the Google fonts locally, i.e. on our web server – not on Google’s servers. As a result, there is no connection to Google servers and therefore no data transmission or storage.

What are Google Fonts?
Google Fonts used to be called Google Web Fonts. This is an interactive directory with over 800 fonts provided free of charge by Google LLC. With Google Fonts you could use fonts without uploading them to your own server. But in order to prevent any transfer of information to Google servers, we downloaded the fonts to our server. In this way, we comply with data protection regulations and do not send any data to Google Fonts.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unrestricted access to all fonts. So we have unlimited access to a sea of fonts and can get the most out of our website. You can find out more about Google Fonts and other questions at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=211107836 .

Google Fonts Privacy Policy
On our website we use Google Fonts. These are the „Google Fonts“ of the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).

To use Google fonts, you do not need to log in or provide a password. Furthermore, no cookies are stored in your browser. The files (CSS, fonts) are requested via the Google domains fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. According to Google, requests for CSS and fonts are completely separate from all other Google services. If you have a Google Account, don’t worry that your Google Account information will be transmitted to Google while using Google Fonts. Google collects and stores information about your use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and fonts. We’ll take a closer look at how the data is stored.

What are Google Fonts?
Google Fonts (formerly Google Web Fonts) is a directory of over 800 fonts that the Google LLC makes available to its users free of charge.

Many of these fonts are released under the SIL Open Font License, while others are released under the Apache License. Both are free software licenses.

Why do we use Google Fonts on our website?
With Google Fonts, we can use fonts on our own website, and don’t have to upload them to our own server. Google Fonts is an important building block in keeping the quality of our website high. All Google fonts are automatically optimized for the web and this saves data volume and is a big advantage especially for mobile devices. When you visit our site, the small file size ensures fast loading time. Google Fonts are also secure web fonts. Different image synthesis systems (rendering) in different browsers, operating systems and mobile devices can lead to errors. Such errors can partially distort texts or entire web pages optically. Thanks to the fast Content Delivery Network (CDN), there are no cross-platform problems with Google Fonts. Google Fonts supports all popular browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera) and works reliably on most modern mobile operating systems, including Android 2.2+ and iOS 4.2+ (iPhone, iPad, iPod). So we use Google Fonts to make our entire online service as beautiful and consistent as possible.

What data does Google store?
When you visit our website, fonts are downloaded from a Google server. This external call transmits data to the Google server. In this way, Google also recognises that you or your IP address is visiting our website. The Google Fonts API was developed to reduce the use, storage, and collection of end-user information to what is necessary for the proper delivery of fonts. API also stands for „Application Programming Interface“ and serves, among other things, as a data transmitter in the software sector.

Google Fonts securely stores CSS and font requests at Google and is therefore protected. Through the collected usage figures, Google can determine how well the individual fonts are received. Google publishes the results on internal analysis pages such as Google Analytics. Google also uses data from its own web crawler to determine which websites use Google fonts. This data is published in Google Fonts‘ BigQuery database. Business owners and developers use the Google BigQuery web service to explore and move large amounts of data.

However, it should also be remembered that each Google Font Request also automatically transmits information such as language settings, IP address, browser version, browser screen resolution and browser name to the Google servers. It is not clear whether this data is also stored or not, and Google does not communicate this information unambiguously.

How long and where is the data stored?
Requests for CSS assets are stored by Google for one day on your servers, which are mainly located outside the EU. This allows us to use the fonts using a Google stylesheet. A stylesheet is a style sheet that can be used to quickly and easily change the design or font of a website, for example.

The font files are stored on Google for one year. Google’s goal is to improve the loading time of websites. If millions of websites refer to the same fonts, they are cached after the first visit and appear immediately on all other websites visited later. Sometimes, Google updates font files to reduce file size, increase language coverage, and improve design.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
The data that Google stores for a day or a year cannot simply be deleted. The data is automatically transmitted to Google when the page is viewed. To delete this information early, you must contact Google support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=211107836 In this case, you will only prevent data storage if you do not visit our site.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unrestricted access to all fonts. So we have unlimited access to a sea of fonts and can get the most out of our website. You can find out more about Google Fonts and other questions at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=211107836, where Google discusses privacy issues, but does not really provide detailed information about data storage. It’s relatively difficult to get really accurate information about stored data from Google.

You can also find out what data Google collects and what this data is used for at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Google Maps Privacy Policy
On our website we use Google Maps of the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). With Google Maps we can show you locations better and adapt our service to your needs. By using Google Maps, data is transferred to Google and stored on the Google servers. Here we would like to explain in more detail what Google Maps is, why we use this Google service, what data is stored and how you can prevent this.

What is Google Maps?
Google Maps is an Internet map service from Google Inc. With Google Maps, you can search online via a PC, tablet or app for exact locations of cities, attractions, accommodations or companies. If companies are represented on Google My Business, additional information about the company is displayed in addition to the location. In order to show you how to get there, map sections of a location can be integrated into a website using HTML code. Google Maps shows the earth’s surface as a road map or as an aerial or satellite image. Thanks to the Street View images and the high-quality satellite images, very accurate representations are possible.

Why do we use Google Maps on our website?
All our efforts on this page are aimed at providing you with a useful and meaningful time on our website. By integrating Google Maps, we can provide you with the most important information about various locations. You can see at a glance where we have our headquarters. The route description always shows you the best or fastest way to us. You can call up the route for routes by car, public transport, on foot or by bicycle. For us, providing Google Maps is part of our customer service.

What data does Google Maps store?
In order for Google Maps to provide its full service, it must collect and store information about you. This includes, among other things, the search terms entered, your IP address and also the latitude and longitude coordinates. If you use the route planner function, the entered start address will also be saved. However, this data storage happens on the Google Maps websites. We can only inform you about it, but have no influence on it. Since we have integrated Google Maps into our website, Google sets at least one cookie (name: NID) in your browser. This cookie stores data about your user behaviour. Google uses this data primarily to optimize its own services and to provide individual, personalized advertising for you.

The following cookie is set due to the integration of Google Maps in your browser:

Name: NID
Value: 188=h26c1Ktha7fCQTx8rXgLyATyITJ211107836 Intended use: NID is used by Google to customize ads to match your Google search. The cookie helps Google „remember“ your most frequently entered searches or your past interaction with ads. You’ll always get customized ads. The cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to collect your personal preferences for advertising purposes.
Expiration date: after 6 months

Note: We cannot guarantee the completeness of the stored data. Especially when cookies are used, changes can never be ruled out. In order to identify the cookie NID, a separate test page was created, where only Google Maps was integrated.

How long and where is the data stored?
The Google servers are located in data centers all over the world. However, most servers are located in America. For this reason, your data is increasingly stored in the USA. Here you can read exactly where the Google data centers are located: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de

Google distributes the data on various data carriers. This means that the data can be retrieved more quickly and is better protected against possible manipulation attempts. Each data center also has special emergency programs. If, for example, there are problems with the Google hardware or a natural disaster paralyzes the servers, the data is still protected fairly securely.

Some data is stored by Google for a fixed period of time. For other data, Google only offers the option of deleting it manually. The company also anonymizes information (such as advertising data) in server logs by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months, respectively.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
With the automatic deletion function for location and activity data introduced in 2019, information for location determination and web/app activity – depending on your decision – is either stored for 3 or 18 months and then deleted. You can also manually delete this data from your history at any time using your Google Account. If you want to completely prevent your location capture, you must pause the „Web and App Activity“ section of your Google Account. Click „Data and personalization“ and then click the „Activity setting“ option. Here you can turn the activities on or off.

You can also disable, delete or manage individual cookies in your browser. Depending on which browser you use, this always works a little differently. The following instructions show how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Deleting, activating and managing cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Deleting cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Deleting and managing cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you do not want cookies, you can set your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. In this way, you can decide whether to allow each individual cookie or not.

Google is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which governs the correct and secure transfer of personal data. More information can be found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG. If you would like to learn more about Google’s data processing practices, we encourage you to read our company’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de .

Source: Created with the data protection generator of firmenwebseiten.at in cooperation with wallentin.cc