Data protection policy for Vienna Macro Cafe's websites and web applications
Scope of application
Vienna Macro Cafe offers a range of online platforms, providing a number of sources of information and services, in particular to support research and teaching.
Personal data or data which might relate to individuals is generally collected and processed when the web platforms are used. The type and extent of the data depends on the individual platform providing the information or service.
In order to provide you with meaningful information, this document gives a general description of what data accumulates as standard via the use of the Vienna Macro Cafe web platforms and how this is processed.
In addition, you can find all the relevant information for contacting the regulatory agencies and on your rights in respect to data protection.
Where further data is compiled and processed by specific platforms, you will find the relevant information detailed alongside the relevant platform.
General information on the intended purpose and the legal basis
All data processing is covered by the principle of necessity and the linking of information to specific aims. It is also covered by the principles of data minimization and the protection of data in accordance with the relevant state of the art.
Vienna Macro Cafe only collects the amount of data necessary for fulfilling the task in question, uses it only for this purpose and saves it only for so long as the relevant laws allow.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data is always a lawful authority or the consent of the person concerned. You can find the relevant information in detail alongside the relevant platform.
Your rights
You have the right to information on your personal data we have stored.
Upon request, you will receive information about
- the aims of the processing,
- the categories of the personal data,
- the recipient (categories) to whom this data has been or will be made available in the future,
- the length of time the data will be saved or the criteria which this period is based upon,
- the source of the data, in so far as it has not been directly obtained from you.
Further, you have a right to the correction of your data. You can refuse the processing of your data, or restrict it and have your data deleted, in so far as the data, due to legal requirements (e.g. from university law, examination law, archive law), must, in individual cases, continue to be processed.
In case of contraventions, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent regulating authority
In most cases, your questions can be answered and problems solved in this way.
General information on data acquisition on online platforms, forms and contacting us
When you contact us via email or by using a contact form, the data you communicate (your email address, perhaps your name and telephone number) will be saved by us in order to answer your questions. When saving it is no longer necessary, we delete the data accrued in this way or restrict its processing if there are statutory storage obligations.
Cookies
Vienna Macro Cafe uses no cookies.
We use the Google Site storage mechanism, the web server logs, and web analytics/ tracking: Please consult the Google Site for more specific details.
Responsibility and points of contact
The webmaster of Vienna Macro Cafe is responsible in accordance with Art. 4 Para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation:
vienna.macro@gmail.com
Your point of contact is the Official Data Protection Officer of Vienna Macro Cafe:
vienna.macro@gmail.com
Other information on our data protection policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this data protection policy so that it continues to conform to the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection policy, for example with the introduction of new services. When you visit our site again, the new data protection policy will then be valid.
Appendix on social media
The data protection policy is valid for the Vienna Macro Cafe's online platforms which are operated by the Vienna Macro Cafe itself and additionally insofar as we process personal data on our own responsibility for our presence on
It is currently assumed that we are not subject to any responsibility for data protection insofar as your data is processed by these providers for purposes determined by them.
Aims and legal basis for the processing
We will disclose to the relevant authorities and/or social media operators any content and contributions which infringe the rights of third parties or which fulfill the elements of an offense or administrative offense, or fail to comply with statutory or contractual obligations, and block or delete it.
Recipients or categories of recipients of personal data
Insofar as you use our social media channels and pages, their operators will process your personal data.
Transfer of personal data to foreign countries or international organizations
All of our social media providers are certified by the EU-US Privacy Shield, and the certificates can be viewed by anyone, so that there is a legally reasonable level of protection for personal data:
Facebook, Inc.
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active
Twitter Inc.
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active
Youtube (Youtube LLC) and Google+ under Google LLC
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
The duration of the storage of personal data
Communications, post, emails, and social media contributions and messages are deleted six years after the end of the year in which the relevant process takes place.