Privacy statement

Introduction and overview

We have written this privacy policy (version 24.08.2025-123045253) in accordance with the requirements of General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and to explain to applicable national laws which personal data (data for short) we, as the controller — and the contract processors commissioned by us (e.g. providers) — process, will process in the future and what lawful options you have. The terms used are to be understood as gender-neutral.
In short: We will provide you with comprehensive information about the data that we process about you.

Privacy statements usually sound very technical and use technical legal terms. This privacy policy, on the other hand, is intended to describe the most important things to you as simply and transparently as possible. As far as it is conducive to transparency, technical Terms explained in a reader-friendly way, provides links to further information, and graphics put to use. We hereby inform you in clear and simple language that we only process personal data as part of our business activities if there is a corresponding legal basis. This is certainly not possible if you provide concise, unclear and legal-technical explanations, as they are often standard on the Internet when it comes to data protection. I hope you find the following explanations interesting and informative and perhaps there is some information that you did not know yet.
If you still have any questions, we would like to ask you to contact the responsible body mentioned below or in the legal notice, follow the existing links and look at further information on third-party sites. Our contact details can of course also be found in the legal notice.

Scope of application

This privacy policy applies to all personal data processed by us in the company and to all personal data that companies commissioned by us (contract processors) process. By personal data, we mean information within the meaning of Article 4 No. 1 GDPR, such as the name, e-mail address and postal address of a person. The processing of personal data ensures that we can offer and bill for our services and products, whether online or offline. The scope of this privacy statement includes:

  • all online presences (websites, online shops) that we operate
  • Social media appearances and email communication
  • mobile apps for smartphones and other devices

In short: The privacy policy applies to all areas in which personal data in the company is processed in a structured manner via the mentioned channels. Should we enter into legal relationships with you outside of these channels, we may inform you separately.

legal bases

In the following privacy policy, we provide you with transparent information on the legal principles and regulations, i.e. the legal bases of the General Data Protection Regulation, which enable us to process personal data.
As far as EU law is concerned, we refer to REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016. This EU General Data Protection Regulation can of course be found online at EUR-Lex, access to EU law, at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32016R0679 Read up.

We only process your data if at least one of the following conditions applies:

  1. consent (Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR): You have given us your consent to process data for a specific purpose. One example would be saving the data you entered in a contact form.
  2. treaty (Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR): In order to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual obligations with you, we process your data. For example, when we conclude a purchase contract with you, we need personal information in advance.
  3. Legal obligation (Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. c GDPR): If we are subject to a legal obligation, we process your data. For example, we are required by law to keep invoices for accounting purposes. These usually contain personal data.
  4. Legitimate interests (Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR): In the case of legitimate interests that do not restrict your fundamental rights, we reserve the right to process personal data. For example, we must process certain data in order to be able to operate our website securely and economically efficiently. This processing is therefore a legitimate interest.

As a rule, we do not have any other conditions, such as the use of recordings in the public interest and the exercise of public authority as well as the protection of vital interests. Insofar as such a legal basis should be relevant, it will be shown in the appropriate place.

In addition to the EU regulation, national laws also apply:

  • In austria Is this the Federal Act on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (Data Protection Act), short DSG.
  • In germany Does that apply Federal Data Protection Act, briefly BDSG.

If other regional or national laws apply, we will inform you about them in the following sections.

Contact details of the person responsible

If you have any questions about data protection or the processing of personal data, you will find the contact details of the person responsible in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 7 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) below:

email: office@omc.at

Impressum: https://www.omc.at/impressum/

Storage period

The fact that we only store personal data for as long as is absolutely necessary to provide our services and products is a general criterion for us. This means that we delete personal data as soon as the reason for the data processing no longer exists. In some cases, we are required by law to store certain data even after the original purpose has ceased to exist, for example for accounting purposes.

Should you wish to delete your data or withdraw your consent to data processing, the data will be deleted as quickly as possible and unless there is an obligation to store it.

We will inform you about the specific duration of the respective data processing below, provided that we have further information about this.

Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

In accordance with Articles 13, 14 GDPR, we inform you of the following rights that you are entitled to so that data is processed fairly and transparently:

  • According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to information as to whether we process your data. If this is the case, you have the right to receive a copy of the data and to know the following information:
    • for what purpose we carry out the processing;
    • the categories, i.e. the types of data that are processed;
    • Who receives this data and when the data is transferred to third countries, how security can be guaranteed;
    • how long the data is stored;
    • the existence of the right to correct, delete or restrict processing and the right to object to processing;
    • that you can complain to a supervisory authority (links to these authorities can be found below);
    • the origin of the data if we did not collect it from you;
    • Whether profiling is carried out, i.e. whether data is automatically evaluated in order to obtain a personal profile about you.
  • According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to correct the data, which means that we must correct data if you find errors.
  • According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to delete (“right to be forgotten”), which in concrete terms means that you may request the deletion of your data.
  • According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to restrict processing, which means that we can only store the data but no longer use it.
  • According to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to data portability, which means that we will provide you with your data in a common format upon request.
  • According to Article 21 GDPR, you have a right of objection, which, once enforced, entails a change in processing.
    • If the processing of your data is based on Article 6 (1) (e) (public interest, exercise of official authority) or Article 6 (1) (f) (legitimate interest), you can object to the processing. We will then check as quickly as possible whether we can legally comply with this objection.
    • If data is used for direct marketing purposes, you can object to this type of data processing at any time. We may then no longer use your data for direct marketing.
    • If data is used to carry out profiling, you can object to this type of data processing at any time. We are then no longer allowed to use your data for profiling.
  • According to Article 22 GDPR, you may have the right not to be subject to a decision based exclusively on automated processing (for example profiling).
  • According to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint. This means that you can complain to the data protection authority at any time if you believe that the processing of personal data violates the GDPR.

In short: You have rights — don't hesitate to contact the responsible body listed above!

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection claims have been violated in any other way, you can complain to the supervisory authority. For Austria, this is the data protection authority, whose website can be found at https://www.dsb.gv.at/ find. In Germany, there is a data protection officer for every federal state. For more information, you can contact Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) turn around. The following local data protection authority is responsible for our company:

Data transfer to third countries

We only transfer or process data to countries outside the scope of the GDPR (third countries) if you consent to this processing or if there is any other legal permission. This applies in particular if processing is required by law or is necessary to fulfill a contractual relationship and in any case only to the extent generally permitted. In most cases, your consent is the most important reason that we have data processed in third countries. Processing personal data in third countries such as the USA, where many software manufacturers offer services and have their server locations, may mean that personal data is processed and stored in unexpected ways.

We expressly point out that, in the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently an adequate level of protection for data transfer to the USA only if a US company that processes personal data of EU citizens in the USA is an active participant in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. You can find more information about this at: https://commission.europa.eu/document/fa09cbad-dd7d-4684-ae60-be03fcb0fddf_en

Data processing by US services that are not active participants of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework may result in data not being processed and stored anonymously. In addition, US government authorities may have access to individual data. In addition, collected data may be linked to data from other services from the same provider, provided that you have a corresponding user account. Where possible, we try to use server locations within the EU, if this is offered.
We will inform you in more detail about data transfer to third countries at the appropriate points in this privacy policy, if this applies.

Data processing security

We have implemented both technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. Where possible, we encrypt or pseudonymize personal data. As a result, we make it as difficult as possible for third parties to infer personal information from our data.

Article 25 GDPR here speaks of “data protection through technology design and through privacy-friendly default settings” and means that both software (e.g. forms) and hardware (e.g. access to the server room) are always concerned with security and take appropriate measures. If necessary, we will look at specific measures below.

TLS encryption with https

TLS, encryption, and https sound very technical and they are. We use HTTPS (the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure stands for “secure hypertext transfer protocol”) to transfer data securely over the Internet.
This means that the complete transfer of all data from your browser to our web server is secured — no one can “listen”.

We have thus introduced an additional security layer and comply with data protection through technology design (Article 25 paragraph 1 GDPR). By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission over the Internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data.
You can recognize the use of this data transfer security by the small lock symbol

at the top left of the browser, left from the Internet address (e.g. examplepage.de) and the use of the https scheme (instead of http) as part of our Internet address.
If you want to know more about encryption, we recommend Google searching for “Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure wiki” to get good links to further information.

Order processing contract (AVV)

In this section, we would like to explain to you what an order processing contract is and why it is needed. Because the word “order processing contract” is quite a tongue twister, we will often only use the acronym AVV in the text. Like most companies, we do not work alone, but also use the services of other companies or individuals ourselves. By involving various companies or service providers, we may share personal data for processing. These partners then act as contract processors with whom we conclude a contract, the so-called Order Processing Agreement (AVV). The most important thing for you to know is that the processing of your personal data is carried out exclusively in accordance with our instructions and must be regulated by the AVV.

Who are contract processors?

As a company and website owner, we are responsible for all data that we process from you. In addition to those responsible, there may also be so-called contract processors. This includes every company or person that processes personal data on our behalf. More specifically and according to the GDPR definition: any natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on our behalf is considered a processor. Contract processors can therefore be service providers such as hosting or cloud providers, payment or newsletter providers, or large companies such as Google or Microsoft.

To make the terms easier to understand, here is an overview of the three roles in the GDPR:

Affected person (you as a customer or interested party) → person responsible (we as a company and client) → Contract processor (service providers such as web hosts or cloud providers)

Content of an order processing contract

As already mentioned above, we have concluded an AVV with our partners, who act as contract processors. It states above all that the processor processes the data to be processed exclusively in accordance with the GDPR. The contract must be concluded in writing, but in this context, the electronic conclusion of the contract is also considered “in writing”. Personal data is only processed on the basis of the contract. The contract must include:

  • Commitment to us as responsible
  • Duties and rights of the person responsible
  • Categories of affected persons
  • Type of personal data
  • Type and purpose of data processing
  • Subject and duration of data processing
  • Place where data processing is carried out

Furthermore, the contract contains all obligations of the order processor. The most important duties are:

  • measures to ensure data security
  • to take possible technical and organizational measures to protect the rights of the data subject
  • to maintain a data processing directory
  • to cooperate with the data protection supervisory authority at the request of the data protection supervisory authority
  • carry out a risk analysis with regard to the personal data received
  • Sub-processors may only be commissioned with the written permission of the person responsible

You can find out what such an AVV actually looks like, for example, at https://www.wko.at/service/wirtschaftsrecht-gewerberecht/eu-dsgvo-mustervertrag-auftragsverarbeitung.html watch. A sample contract is presented here.

cookies

Cookies summary👥 Affected: Visitors to the website 🤝 Purpose: depends on the respective cookie. More details can be found below or from the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie. 📓 Processed data: Depends on the cookie used in each case. More details can be found below or from the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie. 📅 Storage period: depending on the cookie in question, can vary from hours to years ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests)

What are cookies?

Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
In the following, we explain what cookies are and why they are used so that you can better understand the following privacy policy.

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

One thing is undeniable: Cookies are really useful helpers. Almost all websites use cookies. More specifically, they are HTTP cookies, as there are also other cookies for other areas of application. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically stored in the cookie folder, which is the “brain” of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more attributes must also be specified.

Cookies store certain user data about you, such as language or personal page settings. When you visit our site again, your browser transmits 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.

The graphic below shows a possible interaction between a web browser, such as Chrome, and the web server. The web browser requests a website and receives back a cookie from the server, which the browser uses again as soon as another page is requested.

HTTP cookie interaction between browser and web server

There are both first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, third-party cookies are created by partner websites (e.g. Google Analytics). Each cookie must be assessed individually, as each cookie stores different data. 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 “malware.” Cookies also cannot access information on your PC.

For example, cookie data can look like this:

Name: _ga
value: GA1.2.1326744211.152123045253-9
Usage: Distinction of website visitors
Expiration 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 of 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 discuss the different types of HTTP cookies.

There are 4 types of cookies:

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

Purpose-for cookies
These cookies collect information about user behavior and whether the user receives any error messages. These cookies are also used to measure the loading time and behavior of the website with different browsers.

Targeted cookies
These cookies make for a better user experience. For example, entered locations, font sizes, or form data are saved.

advertising cookies
These cookies are also known as targeting cookies. They are used to deliver individually tailored advertising to the user. It can be very practical but also very annoying.

When you visit a website for the first time, you will usually be asked which of these types of cookies you would like to allow. And of course, this decision is also saved in a cookie.

If you want to know more about cookies and don't shy away from technical documentation, we recommend https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6265, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments called “HTTP State Management Mechanism.”

Purpose of processing via cookies

The purpose ultimately depends on the cookie in question. You can find more details below or contact the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie.

Which data is processed?

Cookies are small assistants for many different tasks. Unfortunately, it is not possible to generalize which data is stored in cookies, but we will inform you about the processed or stored data as part of the following privacy policy.

Storage period of cookies

The storage period depends on the cookie in question and is explained below. Some cookies are deleted after less than an hour, and others can be stored on a computer for several years.

You also have influence on the storage period yourself. You can manually delete all cookies at any time via your browser (see also “Right of objection” below). In addition, cookies based on consent will be deleted at the latest after you withdraw your consent, although the legality of storage remains unaffected until then.

Right to object — how can I delete cookies?

You decide for yourself how and whether you want to use cookies. Regardless of which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option to delete, deactivate or only partially allow cookies. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all other cookies.

If you want to find out 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: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

If you generally do not want cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is about to be set. For each individual cookie, you can decide whether to allow the cookie or not. The procedure differs depending on the browser. It is best to search for the instructions in Google with the search term “delete cookies Chrome” or “deactivate cookies Chrome” in the case of a Chrome browser.

legal basis

The so-called “cookie guidelines” have been in place since 2009. It states that saving cookies is a consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) requires you to do so. However, there are still very different responses to these directives within EU countries. In Austria, however, this directive was implemented in Section 165 (3) of the Telecommunications Act (2021). In Germany, the cookie guidelines have not been implemented as national law. Instead, this guideline was largely implemented in Section 15 (3) of the Telemedia Act (TMG), which has been replaced by the Digital Services Act (DDG) since May 2024.

For absolutely necessary cookies, even if there is no consent, exist legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR), which are in most cases economic in nature. We want to give visitors to the website a pleasant user experience and certain cookies are often absolutely necessary for this.

Insofar as cookies that are not absolutely necessary are used, this only happens with your consent. The legal basis in this respect is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

In the following sections, you will be informed in more detail about the use of cookies, if the software used uses cookies.

Web hosting introduction

Web hosting summary👥 Data subjects: Visitors to the website 🤝 Purpose: professional hosting of the website and security of operations 📓 Processed data: IP address, time of website visit, browser used and other data. More details can be found below or with the respective web hosting provider. 📅 Storage period: depends on the respective provider, but usually 2 weeks ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests)

What is web hosting?

When you visit websites today, certain information — including personal data — is automatically created and stored, including on this website. This data should be processed as sparingly as possible and only with justification. By website, we mean the entirety of all websites on a domain, i.e. everything from the start page (homepage) to the very last subpage (like this one here). By domain, we mean example.de or musterexample.com, for example.

If you want to view a website on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, use a program called a web browser. You probably know a few web browsers by name: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. Let's call it browser or web browser for short.

To view the website, the browser must connect to another computer where the website code is stored: the web server. Operating a web server is a complicated and time-consuming task, which is why this is usually done by professional providers, the providers. They offer web hosting and thus ensure reliable and error-free storage of website data. A whole lot of technical terms, but please stay tuned, it gets even better!

Personal data may be processed when the browser connects to your computer (desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone) and during data transmission to and from the web server. On the one hand, your computer stores data, and on the other hand, the web server must also store data for a period of time to ensure proper operation.

A picture is worth a thousand words, which is why the following graphic shows the interaction between browser, the Internet and the hosting provider.

Browser and web server

Why do we process personal data?

The purposes of data processing are:

  1. Professional website hosting and operational security
  2. to maintain operational and IT security
  3. Anonymous evaluation of access behavior to improve our offering and, if necessary, to prosecute or prosecute claims

Which data is processed?

Even while you are visiting our website right now, our web server, which is the computer on which this website is stored, usually automatically stores data such as

  • the complete Internet address (URL) of the accessed website
  • Browser and browser version (e.g. Chrome 87)
  • the operating system used (e.g. Windows 10)
  • the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL) (e.g. https://www.beispielquellsite.de/vondabinichgekommen/)
  • the host name and IP address of the device from which access is being made (e.g. COMPUTERNAME and 194.23.43.121)
  • date and time
  • in files, the so-called web server log files

How long is data stored?

As a rule, the above data is stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not share this data, but we cannot rule out the possibility that this data will be viewed by authorities in the event of illegal conduct.

In short: Your visit is logged by our provider (company that runs our website on special computers (servers)), but we will not share your data without your consent!

legal basis

The lawfulness of processing personal data in the context of web hosting results from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (protection of legitimate interests), because the use of professional hosting with a provider is necessary to present the company securely and in a user-friendly manner on the Internet and to be able to prosecute attacks and claims arising from this if necessary.

There is usually a contract between us and the hosting provider for order processing in accordance with Art. 28 f. GDPR, which ensures compliance with data protection and guarantees data security.

Content Delivery Networks Introduction

Content Delivery Networks Privacy Statement Summary👥 Data subjects: Visitors to the website 🤝 Purpose: Optimizing our service (to be able to load the website faster) 📓 Processed data: Data such as your IP addressMore details can be found below and in the individual data protection texts. 📅 Storage period: Most of the data is stored until it is no longer needed to perform the service ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests)

What is a content delivery network?

We use a so-called content delivery network on our website. Most often, such a network is just called a CDN. A CDN helps us load our website quickly and easily, regardless of your location. Your personal data is also stored, managed and processed on the servers of the CDN provider used. In the following, we will go into more detail about the service and its data processing. Detailed information about the handling of your data can be found in the provider's respective privacy policy.

Each content delivery network (CDN) is a network of regionally distributed servers that are all connected to each other via the Internet. Through this network, content from websites (especially very large files) can be delivered quickly and smoothly even during heavy load peaks. To do this, the CDN creates a copy of our website on your servers. Since these servers are spread all over the world, the website can be delivered quickly. The CDN therefore significantly shortens data transmission to your browser.

Why do we use a content delivery network for our website?

A fast-loading website is part of our service. We know, of course, how annoying it is when a website loads at a snail's pace. In most cases, you even lose patience and search for space before the website is fully loaded. We want to avoid that, of course. That is why a fast-loading website is part of our website offering as a matter of course. With a content delivery network, our website loads significantly faster in your browser. Using the CDN is particularly helpful if you are abroad because the website is delivered from a server near you.

Which data is processed?

When you request a website or the content of a website and it is cached in a CDN, the CDN forwards the request to the server closest to you and that server delivers the content. Content delivery networks are built in such a way that JavaScript libraries can be downloaded and hosted on npm and Github servers. Alternatively, WordPress plugins can also be loaded with most CDNs if they are on WordPress.org be hosted. Your browser can send personal data to the content delivery network we use. This includes data such as IP address, browser type, browser version, which website is loaded, or the time and date of the page visit. This data is collected and stored by the CDN. Whether cookies are used to store data depends on the network used. To do so, please read the data protection texts of the respective service.

Right to object

If you want to completely prevent this data transfer, you can use a JavaScript blocker (see for example https://noscript.net/) install on your PC. Of course, our website will then no longer be able to offer the usual service (such as fast loading speed).

legal basis

If you have agreed that a content delivery network may be used, the legal basis for the corresponding data processing is this consent. This consent states Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) represents the legal basis for processing personal data, as may occur when collected by a content delivery network.

We also have a legitimate interest in using a content delivery network to optimize our online service and make it more secure. The corresponding legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interests). However, we only use the tool if you have given your consent.

Information about specific content delivery networks — if available — is available in the following sections.

Cloudflare privacy policy

Cloudflare privacy policy summary👥 Data subjects: Visitors to the website 🤝 Purpose: Optimizing our service (to be able to load the website faster) 📓 Processed data: Data such as IP address, contact and log information, security fingerprints and service data for websitesMore details can be found below in this privacy policy. 📅 Storage period: Most data is stored for less than 24 hours ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interests)

What is Cloudflare?

On this website, we use Cloudflare from Cloudflare, Inc. (101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) to make our website faster and more secure. Cloudflare uses cookies and processes user data. Cloudflare, Inc. is an American company that offers a content delivery network and various security services. These services are located between the user and our hosting provider. We will try to explain in more detail below what all this means.

A content delivery network (CDN), as provided by Cloudflare, is nothing more than a network of connected servers. Cloudflare has such servers all over the world to bring websites to your screen faster. Simply put, Cloudflare creates copies of our website and places them on their own servers. When you visit our website now, a load distribution system ensures that most of our website is delivered by the server that can display our website to you the fastest. The route of data transmission to your browser is significantly shortened by a CDN. This means that Cloudflare delivers the content of our website to you not only from our hosting server, but from servers from all over the world. The use of Cloudflare is particularly helpful for users from abroad, as the page can be delivered from a nearby server. In addition to delivering websites quickly, Cloudflare also offers various security services, such as DDoS protection or the web application firewall.

Why do we use Cloudflare on our website?

Of course, we want to offer you the best possible service with our website. Cloudflare helps us make our website faster and more secure. Cloudflare offers us both web optimizations and security services, such as DDoS protection and web firewall. This also includes a Reverse proxy and the content distribution network (CDN). Cloudflare blocks threats and limits abusive bots and crawlers that waste our bandwidth and server resources. By saving our website on local data centers and blocking spam software, Cloudflare allows us to reduce our bandwidth usage by around 60%. Delivering content from a data center near you and some web optimizations carried out there reduces the average load time of a website by around half. According to Cloudflare, the “I'm Under Attack Mode” setting can mitigate further attacks by displaying a JavaScript math task that you must solve before a user can access a website. Overall, this makes our website significantly more powerful and less susceptible to spam or other attacks.

What data does Cloudflare process?

Cloudflare generally only forwards data that is controlled by website operators. The content is therefore not determined by Cloudflare, but always by the website operator himself. Cloudflare may also collect certain information about the use of our website and process data that is sent by us or for which Cloudflare has received appropriate instructions. In most cases, Cloudflare receives data such as IP address, contact and log information, security fingerprints, and performance data for websites. Log data helps Cloudflare identify new threats, for example. In this way, Cloudflare can guarantee a high level of security protection for our website. Cloudflare processes this data as part of the services in compliance with applicable laws. Of course, this also includes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Cloudflare also works with third-party providers. They may only process personal data under the direction of Cloudflare and in accordance with privacy policies and other confidentiality and security measures. Cloudflare does not share any personal data without our explicit consent.

How long and where is the data stored?

Cloudflare stores your information primarily in the USA and the European Economic Area. Cloudflare can transfer and access the information described above from around the world. In general, Cloudflare stores user-level data for Free, Pro, and Business domains for less than 24 hours. For enterprise domains that have activated Cloudflare Logs (formerly Enterprise LogShare or ELS), the data can be stored for up to 7 days. However, if IP addresses trigger security warnings on Cloudflare, there may be exceptions to the storage period listed above.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

Cloudflare only keeps data logs for as long as necessary and this data is also deleted within 24 hours in most cases. Cloudflare also does not store any personal data, such as your IP address. However, there is information that Cloudflare stores indefinitely as part of its permanent logs in order to improve the overall performance of Cloudflare Resolver and identify any security risks. Exactly which permanent logs are saved can be found at https://www.cloudflare.com/application/privacypolicy/ Read up. All data that Cloudflare collects (temporarily or permanently) is cleaned of all personal data. All permanent logs are also anonymized by Cloudflare.

Cloudflare states in their privacy policy that they are not responsible for the content they receive. For example, if you ask Cloudflare whether they can update or delete your content, Cloudflare generally refers to us as the website operator. You can also completely prevent Cloudflare from collecting and processing your data by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or by including a script blocker in your browser.

legal basis

If you have agreed that Cloudflare may be used, the legal basis for the corresponding data processing is this consent. This consent states Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) represents the legal basis for processing personal data, as may occur when collected by Cloudflare.

We also have a legitimate interest in using Cloudflare to optimize our online service and make it more secure. The corresponding legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interests). However, we only use Cloudflare if you have given your consent.

Cloudflare also processes data from you in the USA, among others. Cloudflare is an active participant in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data from EU citizens to the USA. You can find more information about this at https://commission.europa.eu/document/fa09cbad-dd7d-4684-ae60-be03fcb0fddf_en.

Cloudflare also uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46 (2) and (3) GDPR). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) are sample templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if they are transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the Standard Contractual Clauses, Cloudflare is committed to complying with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an implementing decision by the EU Commission. You can find the resolution and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among others: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de.

You can find out more about the standard contractual clauses and data that are processed through the use of Cloudflare in the privacy policy at https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/privacypolicy/.

Explanation of terms used

We always strive to make our privacy policy as clear and understandable as possible. However, this is not always easy, especially when it comes to technical and legal topics. It often makes sense to use legal terms (such as personal data) or certain technical terms (such as cookies, IP address). However, we do not want to use them without explanation. Below is an alphabetical list of important terms used, which we may not have addressed sufficiently in the previous privacy policy. If these terms have been taken from the GDPR and they are definitions, we will also quote the GDPR texts here and, if necessary, add our own explanations.

Contract processor

Definition under Article 4 of the GDPR

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

“Contract processor” a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the person responsible;

Explanatory note: As a company and website owner, we are responsible for all data that we process from you. In addition to those responsible, there may also be so-called contract processors. This includes every company or person that processes personal data on our behalf. Contract processors can therefore include, in addition to service providers such as tax consultants, hosting or cloud providers, payment or newsletter providers or large companies such as Google or Microsoft.

consent

Definition under Article 4 of the GDPR

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

“Consent” to the data subject, any voluntary, informed and unequivocal statement of intent in the specific case, in the form of a statement or other unequivocal affirmative act by which the data subject indicates that he or she agrees to the processing of personal data concerning him or her;

Explanatory note: Websites generally provide such consent via a cookie consent tool. I'm sure you know that. Whenever you visit a website for the first time, you will usually be asked via a banner whether you agree or consent to data processing. In most cases, you can also make individual settings and thus decide for yourself which data processing you allow and which you do not. If you do not consent, no personal data about you may be processed. In principle, consent can of course also be given in writing, i.e. not via a tool.

personal data

Definition under Article 4 of the GDPR

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

“personal data” any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”); identifiable is a natural person who, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more specific characteristics, expresses the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person, can be identified;

Explanatory note: Personal data is therefore all data that can identify you as a person. This is usually data such as:

  • name
  • address
  • email address
  • postal address
  • phone number
  • birthdate
  • Identification numbers such as social security number, tax identification number, identity card number or student ID number
  • Bank details such as account number, credit information, account balances, etc.

According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), yours also counts IP address for personal data. Based on your IP address, IT experts can determine at least the approximate location of your device and then you as the connection owner. Therefore, saving an IP address also requires a legal basis within the meaning of the GDPR. There are also so-called “special categories” of personal data, which is also particularly worthy of protection. These include:

  • racial and ethnic origin
  • political opinions
  • religious or ideological convictions
  • trade union membership
  • genetic data, such as data taken from blood or saliva samples
  • biometric data (this is information about psychological, physical or behavioral characteristics that can identify a person).
    health data
  • Data on sexual orientation or sex life

profiling

Definition under Article 4 of the GDPR

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

“Profiling” any type of automated processing of personal data, which consists of using this personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or changes of location;

Explanatory note: Profiling involves collecting various pieces of information about a person in order to find out more about that person. In the web sector, profiling is often used for advertising purposes or even for credit checks. For example, web or advertising analysis programs collect data about your behavior and interests on a website. This results in a special user profile, which can be used to display advertising specifically to a target group.

 

person responsible

Definition under Article 4 of the GDPR

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

“Responsible person” the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;

Explanatory note: In our case, we are responsible for processing your personal data and are therefore the “responsible person”. When we share collected data with other service providers for processing, these are “contract processors.” For this, an “Order Processing Agreement (AVV)” must be signed.

 

workmanship

Definition under Article 4 of the GDPR

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

“Processing” any process or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated processes relating to personal data, such as collecting, collecting, organizing, storing, adapting or modifying, reading, querying, using, disclosing through transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, reconciliation or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction;

Note: When we talk about processing in our privacy policy, we mean any type of data processing. As mentioned in the original GDPR statement above, this includes not only the collection but also the storage and processing of data.

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Source: Privacy statement created with the data protection generator for Austria from AdSimple

Webflow

We host our website with Webflow. The provider is Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter: Webflow). When you visit our website, Webflow collects various log files, including your IP addresses.

Webflow is a tool for building and hosting websites. Webflow stores cookies or other recognition technologies that are necessary to display the page, to provide certain website functions and to ensure security (necessary cookies).

For details, see Webflow's privacy policy: EU & Swiss Privacy Policy | Webflow 140.

Webflow is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: EU & Swiss Privacy Policy | Webflow 140.