Data Protection

Data Protection

As the protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us, we only process your data based on applicable legal provisions (such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Telecommunications Act, Data Protection Act). In this privacy notice, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing in connection with the use of our website.

What are personal data?

Personal data means all information referring to a natural person. What is important in this context is that data are deemed personal data as soon as such natural person can be identified based on these data (e.g. by assigning a user ID). This includes information such as your name, address, telephone number and date of birth. Statistical information which cannot be linked to you, either directly or indirectly, (e.g. popularity of individual web pages of our offer or the number of users per page) is not personal data.

Who is responsible for the collection and processing of your personal data?

Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft is responsible for collecting and processing your data. Should you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at:

Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
Mag. Dr. Bernd M. Schauer
Nussdorfer Straße 64
1090 Vienna
qfon@yot.np.ng

Which rights do the users of the websites of LBG, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institutes, the Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster and the research groups have?

You have rights of access, to rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, withdrawal and objection. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your rights under data protection law have been violated in any other way, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Austria, this is the Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft contact indicated above.

How is the security of your personal data ensured?

Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft ensures the security of your data by taking appropriate organisational and technical measures to protect the stored personal data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss or destruction and against access by unauthorised persons. Our security measures are being continuously improved in accordance with technical progress.

When do the LBG, LBI and LBC websites use cookies?

In general, it is possible to use the websites of LBG, the LBIs and the LBC without cookies (note: cookies are small text files which your browser stores on your device).

If you do not wish cookies to be used, you can change your browser settings accordingly, so that you are informed about the use of cookies and allow it only in individual cases. A feature for consenting to the use of cookies is implemented on the LBG website.

Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Details on the use of cookies

Cookies and other tracking technology as well as further web analysis functions may be used on our internet platform in various ways. The information created by cookies is transferred to our own servers and is stored nowhere else. Its purpose is to make our internet presence more user-friendly, effective and secure. Moreover, cookies are used to measure how frequently web pages are visited and also serve general navigation purposes.

Please note that, in the context of cookies, the IP data of the IP address owner will be stored as well as your name, your address and your telephone number.

By using our website, you expressly agree to us using cookies. You can refuse to accept cookies in your browser settings. For information on how to do this, please refer to the instructions of your browser manufacturer. If you decide against the use of certain technical and/or functional cookies, this might limit the functionality of our website. What is more, some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them manually.

Which other tracking technology is used on the LBG, LBI and LBC websites?

The LBG website uses the services of Google Analytics, as offered by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) for analysing website use. Generally, the information collected by the cookies is transferred to and stored on a Google server in the US.

IP anonymisation for users in member states of the EU and the European Economic Area is implemented on our website (note: your IP address is collected but pseudonymised immediately by deleting the final 8 bits). This allows for non-personal data localisation only. In the context of the processing agreement we entered into with Google Inc., Google Inc. uses the collected information to analyse website use and website activity and provides services in connection with internet use.

Moreover, you can use a browser plug-in to prevent the information collected by the cookies (including your IP address) from being transferred to Google Inc. and thus to prevent Google Inc. from using such information. The following link will lead you to the respective plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Further information on data use by Google Inc. is available at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en