Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to the privacy policy set out below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the operator. You can find their contact details in the “Information on the responsible party” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. Furthermore, under certain circumstances you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Cloudflare CDN
The Cloudflare content delivery network is used. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Cloudflare”).
Cloudflare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. The technical transfer of information between your browser and this website is routed via the Cloudflare network. This enables Cloudflare to analyse the data traffic between your browser and this website and to act as a filter between the servers and potentially malicious data traffic from the internet. In doing so, Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognise internet users, which are however used solely for the purpose described.
The use of Cloudflare is based on the legitimate interest in providing our web offering in the most error-free and secure manner possible (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
Google Cloud
This website, or parts of it, is hosted on Google Cloud. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter “Google”). When you visit this website, Google Cloud records various log files including your IP addresses.
The use of Google Cloud is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. There is a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of this website possible.
3. General information and mandatory information
Information on the responsible party
The party responsible for data processing on this website is:
Thomas Stermole
Digitalisierungsberatung & KI-Architektur
Österreich / Remote (DACH)
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses or similar).
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with the operator until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless there are other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place once these reasons no longer apply.
4. Data collection on this website
Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on the legitimate interest in the effective handling of incoming inquiries (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if this was requested.
5. Plugins and tools
Google Firebase
This website uses functions of the Google Firebase service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Firebase supports various backend services and analyses. This includes the storage of data and files, which may in part also concern users’ personal data. When using Firebase, data may be transferred to servers in the USA. Firebase is used in the interest of the secure and efficient provision and analysis of the online offering (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
Google reCAPTCHA
This website uses “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”). The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human being or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor spends on the website or mouse movements made by users). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Visitors to the website are not informed that an analysis is taking place. The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.
6. Sending of emails
Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)
The Brevo service is used for sending emails. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Emails are sent via Brevo, e.g. when the contact form is submitted. The data entered for the purpose of making contact is stored on Brevo’s servers. Brevo has various functions with which the sending of messages can be analysed.
The data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the reliable delivery of emails and system messages.