Data protection / Cookies

This website is operated by the Austria Legal Network – Association for Mutual Support of Lawyers. The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of the statutory provisions. In this privacy policy, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within the framework of our website.

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If you contact us by email, the personal data you provide will be stored by us for six months for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case of follow-up questions, unless a statutory retention period requires longer storage (this will be checked by us in each individual case based on the required purpose of storage). We will not pass on this data without your consent.

(Personal data within the meaning of the GDPR is, according to Art. 4(1) GDPR, any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Data processing and storage

We would like to point out that for the purpose of association administration and subsequent contract processing, the website operator stores the IP data of the connection owner in cookies, as well as the name, address and email address of the person concerned. The data you provide is necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. Without this data, we cannot conclude the contract with you.

No data is transferred to third parties, with the exception of the transfer of payment data to the processing banks/payment service providers for the purpose of debiting the membership fee, as well as to our tax advisor for the fulfilment of our tax obligations.

After expiry of the respective statutory retention period, the data stored by us will be deleted. In the event of a contract being concluded, all data from the contractual relationship will be stored until the expiry of the tax retention period (7 years).

In addition, processing is carried out on the basis of the following legal grounds:

• On the basis of a contract to which you are a party or in the course of pre-contractual measures taken at your request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

• Based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) – where necessary – to the use of cookies, to the electronic sending of information and invitations, and when you contact us (by email or post) to process and respond to your enquiry.

• Based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) for the purpose of operating, securing and optimising the website, preventing fraud, asserting, exercising and defending legal claims, and responding to your enquiries.

• Furthermore, data is processed to fulfil legal obligations or official orders to which we are subject as the responsible party (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR).

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device with the help of your browser. They do not cause any damage.

We use cookies to make our website user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. They enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website.

If you do not want this, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and only allow this in individual cases.

If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Privacy notice regarding Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics, which is offered by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (‘Google’).

Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyse how you use this website. The information generated by such a cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address and the URLs of the web pages accessed as well as the attributes of the website) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there. We do not store any of your data collected in connection with Google Analytics.

This website uses the IP anonymisation option offered by Google Analytics. Your IP address will therefore be truncated/anonymised by Google as soon as Google receives your IP address. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data by Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by activating the ‘Do Not Track’ option in your browser or by objecting to the collection here.

When you exercise the opt-out, a cookie is set for the exclusion. If you delete all cookies on your computer, this opt-out cookie will also be deleted; therefore, if you wish to continue to object to the anonymous collection of data through web tracking, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data on this website by using our ‘Cookie Management Tool’ (link ‘Cookie Settings’ at the bottom of the page) (an opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website).

For more information about Google's terms of use and Google's privacy policy, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.at/intl/at/policies/.

Your rights

You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, transfer, revoke and object to the processing of your data. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Austria, this is the Data Protection Authority.

You can reach us at the following contact details: