Privacy statement
Data protection
We have written this privacy policy (version 01.01.1970-121608324) to explain to you, in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, what information we collect, how we use data and what choices you have as a visitor to this website.
Unfortunately, it is in the nature of things that these explanations sound very technical, but when creating them, we tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible.
cookies
Our website uses none HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
In the following, we explain what cookies are and why they are used.
What exactly are cookies?
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.
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 “pests.” Cookies also cannot access information on your PC.
For example, cookie data can look like this:
Name: _ga
value: GA1.2.1326744211.152111610195-9
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. In addition, 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.
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.
What about my data protection?
The so-called “cookie guidelines” have been in place since 2009. It states that the storage of cookies requires your consent. However, there are still very different responses to these directives within EU countries. In Austria, however, this directive was implemented in Section 96 (3) of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).
If you want to know more about cookies and don't shy away from technical documentation, we recommend https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments called “HTTP State Management Mechanism.”
Automatic data storage
When you visit websites these days, certain information is automatically created and stored, including on this website. When you visit our website as you do now, our web server (computer on which this website is stored) automatically stores data such as:
• the address (URL) of the accessed web page
• Browser and browser version
• the operating system used
• the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL)
• the host name and IP address of the device from which access is being made
• Date and time
in files (web server log files).
Web server log files are usually 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 in the event of illegal conduct.
Storing personal data
Personal data that you submit to us electronically on this website, such as name, e-mail address, address or other personal information as part of submitting a form or comments on the blog, will only be used by us together with the time and the IP address for the specified purpose, stored securely and will not be passed on to third parties.
We therefore only use your personal data to communicate with those visitors who expressly wish to be contacted and to process the services and products offered on this website. We will not share your personal information without consent, but we cannot rule out the possibility that this data will be viewed in the event of unlawful conduct.
If you send us personal data by e-mail — i.e. away from this website — we cannot guarantee the secure transmission and protection of your data. We recommend that you never send confidential data unencrypted via email.
Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation
According to the provisions of the GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), you are generally entitled to the following rights:
• Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
• Right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”) (Article 17 GDPR)
• Right to restrict processing (Article 18 GDPR)
• Right to notification — notification obligation in connection with the correction or deletion of personal data or the restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
• Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
• The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — (Article 22 GDPR).
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection claims have otherwise been violated in any way, you can complain to the supervisory authority, which in Austria is the data protection authority, whose website can be found at https://www.dsb.gv.at/.
Evaluation of visitor behavior
In the following privacy policy, we will inform you whether and how we evaluate data from your visit to this website. The evaluation of the collected data is usually anonymous and we cannot infer your identity from your behavior on this website. You can find out more about options to object to this evaluation of visit data in the following privacy policy.
TLS encryption with https
We use https to transfer data securely over the Internet (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 icon in the top left corner of the browser and the use of the https scheme (instead of http) as part of our Internet address.
Google Fonts privacy policy
We use Google Fonts on our website. These are the “Google fonts” from Google Inc. For Europe, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services.
You don't need to sign in or enter a password to use Google fonts. Furthermore, no cookies are stored in your browser. The files (CSS, fonts/fonts) are requested via the Google domains fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. According to Google, requests for CSS and fonts are completely separate from all other Google services. If you have a Google account, you don't need to worry that your Google account information will be sent to Google while using Google Fonts. Google records the use of CSS (cascading style sheets) and the fonts used and stores this data securely. We will take a closer look at what data storage looks like.
What are Google Fonts?
Google Fonts (formerly Google Web Fonts) is a directory of over 800 fonts that Google makes available to its users free of charge. Many of these fonts are published under the SIL Open Font License, while others have been released under the Apache license. Both are free software licenses.
Why do we use Google Fonts on our website?
With Google Fonts, we can use fonts on our own website and don't have to upload them to our own server. Google Fonts is an important component in keeping the quality of our website high. All Google fonts are automatically optimized for the web and this saves data volume and is a major advantage especially for use with mobile devices. When you visit our site, the low file size ensures a quick load time. Google Fonts are also secure web fonts. Different image synthesis systems (rendering) in different browsers, operating systems and mobile devices can lead to errors. Such errors can visually distort texts or entire websites. Thanks to the fast content delivery network (CDN), there are no cross-platform problems with Google Fonts. Google Fonts supports all major browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera) and works reliably on most modern mobile operating systems, including Android 2.2+ and iOS 4.2+ (iPhone, iPad, iPod). We therefore use Google Fonts so that we can present our entire online service as beautifully and consistently as possible.
What data is stored by Google?
When you visit our website, the fonts are reloaded via a Google server. This external call transmits data to the Google servers. This also allows Google to recognize that you or your IP address is visiting our website. The Google Fonts API was developed to reduce the use, storage, and collection of end user data to what is necessary to properly provide fonts. By the way, API stands for “Application Programming Interface” and serves, among other things, as a data transmitter in the software sector.
Google Fonts securely stores CSS and font requests with Google and is therefore protected. Through the collected usage figures, Google can determine how well the individual fonts are received. Google publishes the results on internal analysis sites, such as Google Analytics. Google also uses data from its own web crawler to determine which websites use Google fonts. This data is published in the Google Fonts BigQuery database. Entrepreneurs and developers use Google's BigQuery web service to explore and move large amounts of data.
However, it should also be borne in mind that information such as language settings, IP address, version of the browser, screen resolution of the browser and name of the browser is automatically transmitted to the Google servers as a result of every Google Font request. It is not clear whether this data is also stored or is not clearly communicated by Google.
How long and where is the data stored?
Google stores requests for CSS assets for one day on its servers, which are mainly located outside the EU. This allows us to use the fonts using a Google style sheet. A style sheet is a style sheet that allows you to easily and quickly change the design or font of a website, for example.
The font files are stored by Google for one year. Google is thus pursuing the goal of fundamentally improving the loading time of websites. When millions of web pages link to the same fonts, they are cached after the first visit and immediately reappear on all other websites visited later. Sometimes Google updates font files to reduce file size, increase language coverage, and improve design.
How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
The data that Google stores for a day or a year cannot simply be deleted. The data is automatically transmitted to Google when the page is accessed. To delete this data prematurely, you must contact Google Support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=121608324. In this case, you can only prevent data storage if you do not visit our site.
Unlike other web fonts, Google gives us unrestricted access to all fonts. We can therefore have unlimited access to a sea of fonts and thus get the most out of our website. You can find out more about Google Fonts and other questions at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=121608324. Although Google addresses privacy-related issues there, it does not contain any really detailed information about data storage. It is relatively difficult to get really precise information about stored data from Google.
You can also find out which data is generally collected by Google and what this data is used for at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Newsletter privacy policy
When you sign up for our newsletter, you submit the above personal data and give us the right to contact you by e-mail. We use the data stored as part of the subscription to the newsletter exclusively for our newsletter and do not pass it on.
If you unsubscribe from the newsletter — you will find the link at the bottom of every newsletter — we will delete all data that was saved when you signed up for the newsletter.
Privacy statement for websites of the Austrian Trade Union Federation
This privacy policy applies to all websites operated by the Austrian Trade Union Confederation — ÖGB, one of the trade unions united in the ÖGB, the Austrian Trade Union Youth — ÖGJ, or any other sub-organization of the ÖGB. The ÖGB is responsible for the personal data collected on and via these websites from a data protection perspective.
Privacy policy for advising and representing members by the ÖGB
The Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) and the trade unions united in the ÖGB offer advice and representation to members of the ÖGB in legal matters. We also want to help you enforce your rights; this requires collecting and processing personal data. Protecting your data is very important to us, which is why we use this privacy policy to inform you how we handle your data.
Campaigns Privacy Policy
This data processing is carried out for the following purposes: Carrying out a campaign
Privacy policy for mailings and newsletter delivery
In order to carry out mailings and send newsletters, the ÖGB - Austrian Trade Union Federation processes personal data as the person responsible for data protection law.
Privacy statement for broadcasts Data Source AK in accordance with Section 92 Paragraph 3 AK Act
We are the client, namely the person responsible for this data processing within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In accordance with the information requirements of the client, we ask you to take note of the following notification.
