We appreciate your interest in our website. Protecting your personal data is very important to us. The processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as applicable national data protection laws. This privacy policy informs you about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the following controller:

1. Controller

Protektor Institut – Association for the Protection of People and Their Living Environments from Natural Hazards
Völkrahof 1
3324 Euratsfeld
Austria
Email: protektorinstitut@gmail.com

2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data and Purpose of Use

When you visit our website, we automatically collect the following data that is technically necessary to display the website to you:

– IP address
– Date and time of the request
– Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
– Content of the request (specific page)
– Access status / HTTP status code
– Amount of data transferred
– Website from which the request originates
– Browser
– Operating system and interface
– Language and version of the browser software

3. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them.

4. Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the form, including the contact information you provide, will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and for possible follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

5. Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on our website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No additional data is collected unless provided voluntarily. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

6. Integration of YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube platform operated by Google. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

7. Google Fonts

This website uses web fonts to ensure consistent font display. These fonts are hosted locally on our server so that no connection to Google servers is established. Therefore, no personal data is transmitted to Google in this context.

8. Google Tag Manager & Google Analytics

This website uses Google Tag Manager, a tool for managing website tags. Google Tag Manager itself does not process personal data but enables the integration of other services such as Google Analytics.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses cookies that allow an analysis of how users interact with the website. The information generated by these cookies about your use of this website (including your anonymized IP address) is transmitted to a Google server and stored there.

Data processing is carried out based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie banner.

9. Consent Management (Complianz)

To manage consent in accordance with GDPR, we use the Complianz plugin. When you first visit our website, you will be asked via a banner to consent to certain data processing activities. Cookies for analytics and marketing purposes will only be set after your consent. You can change your preferences at any time via the cookie settings on our website.

10. Payment Provider PayPal

Our website offers payment via PayPal. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. If you choose to pay via PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal.

11. Your Rights

You have the right:

– to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR
– to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR
– to request deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR
– to request restriction of processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR
– to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or request transfer to another controller in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR
– to withdraw your consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR
– to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR

12. Updates and Changes to this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in April 2025. Due to further development of our website or changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy.