Privacy statement

General information

This privacy policy informs you about how we use, share, and otherwise process the personal data we collect from you. We treat all personal data in accordance with the provisions of European and Austrian data protection law.

Address
Barbara Hebenstreit
Paul Stich Gasse 8
2103 Langenzersdorf
Austria
Email address for inquiries regarding data protection:

Personal data

We collect, process, and use your personal data only in accordance with Art. 6 (1) GDPR or, where applicable, Art. 9 GDPR. We only process your personal data if:

  • you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, or
  • this is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR), or
  • processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR).
The specific legal basis applicable to the respective processing purpose can be found below in the explanations of the individual processing purposes.
Personal data within the meaning of the GDPR is all data relating to natural persons whose identity is determined or at least determinable and which contains individual details about personal or factual circumstances, e.g., name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, age, gender, social security number, proof of income, video recordings, photos.

Rights of affected persons

As our contractual partner or, more generally, as a data subject, you have the right to obtain information about your stored personal data, as well as the right to correction, data transfer, objection, restriction of processing, and blocking/anonymization or deletion of the data, provided that there are no exceptions (e.g., statutory retention obligations) and in accordance with the statutory provisions.

If there are any changes to your personal data, please notify us accordingly. You have the right to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data at any time. Your request for information, deletion, correction, restriction, objection, and/or data transfer can be sent to the email address above.

If you believe that our processing of your personal data violates applicable data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you have the option of lodging a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In Austria, the competent authority is the Data Protection Authority www.dsb.gv.at.

Data security

Your personal data is protected by appropriate organizational and technical measures. These measures relate in particular to protection against unauthorized, unlawful, or accidental access, processing, loss, use, and manipulation. Despite our efforts to maintain an appropriately high level of care, we cannot rule out the possibility that information you disclose to us via the Internet may be viewed and used by other persons. Please note that we therefore accept no liability whatsoever for the disclosure of information due to errors in data transmission and/or unauthorized access by third parties (e.g., hacking of email accounts, interception of faxes, etc.) that are not caused by us.

Transfer of data to third parties

In order to fulfill our contractual or legal obligations, the purpose of data processing, or if there is a legitimate interest in the business transaction of parties involved (third parties), it may also be necessary to transfer your data to third parties. Possible recipients may include: private and public bodies that disclose or require information in connection with the contractual relationship (e.g., subcontractors), insurance companies (e.g., in connection with claims), tax advisors, management consultants or lawyers, authorities, IT, software, and telecommunications service providers, tax offices, and municipal authorities. This transfer of your data is carried out exclusively on the basis of the GDPR.

If data is transferred to third parties for individual processing purposes where further information is required, you will find this under the respective purpose.

As a rule, your data will be processed within the EEA. However, we only transfer your personal data outside the EEA to countries for which the EU Commission has decided that they have an adequate level of data protection, or we take measures to ensure that all recipients have an adequate level of data protection, for which we conclude standard contractual clauses (2010/87/EC and/or 2004/915/EC).

Data storage

In accordance with the applicable data protection requirements, we are obliged under Art. 5 (1) (e) GDPR to delete personal data immediately once the purpose for processing has been fulfilled. In this context, we would like to point out that statutory retention obligations and periods constitute a legitimate purpose for the processing of personal data.

In any case, we store and retain data in personal form until the end of the business relationship or beyond, if relevant for tax purposes, for the tax retention period of 7 years stipulated by the Federal Tax Code (BAO). If there are deviations for individual processing purposes, this will be specified for the respective purpose.

Processing operations

  1. Server log files

    In order to optimize our websites in terms of system performance, user-friendliness, and the provision of useful information about our services, the operator of the respective website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This includes your Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser and language settings, operating system, referrer URL, your Internet service provider, error logs, and date/time.

    We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of illegal use. These log files are processed for 6 months.

    The legal basis is, on the one hand, the fulfillment of the contract, specifically the provision of our website free of charge (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR), in our overriding interest in the security and functionality of our website (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) and, finally, these are technically necessary for the operation of the website (ยง 96 (3) TKG).

  2. Cookies

    Cookies are small text files that are stored on the device used (mobile/desktop) for a certain period of time when visiting a website. Cookies cannot execute programs or cause damage to the device used. Cookies are also automatically deleted after a certain period of time.
    No cookies are created or processed when visiting our website www.georgshausen.com.

  3. YouTube / Alphabets

    YouTube is part of the Alphabet Group, based in Mountain View in California's Silicon Valley. YouTube is a video platform where companies/individuals/associations can upload videos so that other people can watch them online. We use the YouTube platform to provide instructional videos about dog training courses or news about our association. The YouTube social media button and YouTube videos link to our association's YouTube channel. The YouTube website is subject to its privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and that of the Alphabet Group.

    If the user follows the link to YouTube (i.e., clicks on the YouTube social media button or an embedded YouTube video), data will be processed, collected, transmitted, stored, disclosed, and used in accordance with YouTube's privacy policy. Furthermore, cookies (https://www.YouTube.com/static?gl=EN&template=terms&hl=en) may be stored on the data subject's device when visiting the YouTube website. If the data subject has a YouTube account, the information transmitted may be linked to this account by YouTube or Google/Alphabet.