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Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to Your Data Protection

We, Töchtersöhne OG (hereinafter “we”, “us”), are deeply committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy has been carefully drafted to provide you with a comprehensive and transparent understanding of how we handle the data you entrust to us.

We understand that data protection can be a complex topic. Our goal is to present all necessary information in a clear, understandable, and accessible manner. We want you to know not only what data we process, but also why we do so and how we ensure its security.

This policy is based on the strict requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and supplemented by Austrian national laws, particularly the Data Protection Act (DSG) and the Telecommunications Act 2021 (TKG 2021).

1. Principles of Our Data Processing (Art. 5 GDPR)

Our entire approach to handling personal data is guided by the fundamental principles of the GDPR:

  • Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency: We process your data only on a valid legal basis, in a fair manner, and with full transparency.

  • Purpose Limitation: We collect your data for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and do not process it in a way that is incompatible with those purposes.

  • Data Minimization: We limit the collection and processing of data to what is absolutely necessary for the intended purpose.

  • Accuracy: We take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is accurate and kept up to date.

  • Storage Limitation: We store your data in a form that permits identification for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed or as required by law.

  • Integrity and Confidentiality: We protect your data using appropriate technical and organizational measures against unauthorized processing, loss, destruction, or damage.

  • Accountability: We are responsible for and able to demonstrate compliance with these principles.

2. Name and Address of the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing within the meaning of the GDPR is:

Töchtersöhne OG
Theresiengasse 45/5, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Email: office@toechtersoehne.org

3. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You are in control of your data. The GDPR grants you extensive rights, which you can exercise at any time:

  • Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): You can request confirmation as to whether we process your data and, if so, detailed information about it.

  • Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.

  • Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You can request the deletion of your data, provided there are no legal obligations (e.g., statutory retention periods) to the contrary.

  • Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR): Under certain conditions, you can request that we restrict the processing of your data.

  • Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You have the right to receive the data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

  • Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): If we process your data based on our legitimate interests, you can object to this processing at any time.

  • Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR): If you have given us consent for data processing, you can withdraw it at any time with future effect.

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the details provided above.

  • Right to Lodge a Complaint (Art. 77 GDPR): If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent authority for us in Austria is:

Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde)
Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna
Website: https://www.dsb.gv.at

4. Data Processing Operations

Summary:

  • Purpose: To ensure the accessibility, security, and performance of our website.

  • Data: IP address, browser and device data, operating system, pages visited, time of access (in server log files).

  • Legal Basis: Our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in the secure and professional operation of our online presence.

This website is hosted by SiteGround Hosting Ltd. When you visit our website, SiteGround’s servers automatically collect information in log files. This data is technically necessary to display the website and to ensure its stability and security. The server locations are primarily within the European Union, ensuring a high level of data protection.

Summary:

  • Purpose: To ensure basic website functionality and, with your consent, to improve user experience and analyze website usage.

  • Data: Depending on the cookie, session IDs, login status, your cookie consent preferences.

  • Legal Basis: Our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for essential cookies; Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with § 165(3) TKG 2021) for all other cookies.

Our WordPress website uses cookies. We distinguish between:

  • Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the basic operation of WordPress and the Elementor page builder (e.g., to ensure proper display and functionality). They do not require your consent.

  • Analytics & Marketing Cookies: These are only used if you have given your explicit consent via our cookie consent banner. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time.

Summary:

  • Provider: Sendinblue GmbH (now part of Brevo), Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.

  • Purpose: To send our newsletter with information, offers, and news.

  • Data: Email address, name (if provided), registration time, IP address of registration, opening and click behavior.

  • Legal Basis: Your explicit and verifiable consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

When you subscribe to our newsletter, you consent to receive regular emails from us. The subscription is carried out using a double opt-in procedure. We use Brevo to send and analyze our newsletters. Brevo acts as our data processor, and we have concluded a corresponding data processing agreement (DPA) with them. Brevo allows us to analyze the performance of our newsletters (e.g., open and click rates) using web beacons. This analysis helps us make our content more relevant for you. You can withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.

For more information, please see Brevo’s privacy policy: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/

Summary:

  • Provider: PostHog Inc., 2261 Market Street #4495, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA.

  • Purpose: To analyze user behavior on our website to understand how it is used and to continuously improve our content and user experience.

  • Data: Usage data (e.g., visited pages, clicks), device and browser information, anonymized IP address.

  • Legal Basis: Your explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

We use the analytics service PostHog to better understand the needs of our users and to optimize the services on this website. This service is only activated after you have given your consent via our cookie banner.

  • Third-Country Transfer: The transfer of data to the USA is secured by PostHog’s certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which ensures an adequate level of data protection.

  • Further Information: You can find more details in PostHog’s privacy policy: https://posthog.com/privacy

5. Final Remarks and Updates

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy to adapt it to changing legal situations or in the event of changes to our services. The most current version will always be available on our website.