Data privacy
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is very important to us. We observe the applicable legal regulations for the protection, proper handling, and confidentiality of personal data, especially the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Austrian Telecommunications Act (TKG). This data protection policy explains the nature, scope, and purpose of us collecting and using your personal data when you visit and use our websites www.m2sphere.at and www.m2sphere.cloud.
Who is responsible for data processing?
The persons responsible for the processing of your personal data in connection with the use of this website are as follows. You can reach us as follows:
Markus Karlsböck
Knollgutstraße 66
A-4030 Linz
Michael Kuppek
Sandgasse 13
A-4020 Linz
Email: office@m2sphere.at
Comments to blogs
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, your e-mail address, your name, IP address and optionally your URL, if provided. You have the right and the option to have your comments deleted by sending an email to office@m2sphere.at. If you have agreed to the use of cookies, your browser will be recognized and the comments can also be deleted directly by you.
The comment function also offers the option of being actively notified by e-mail when new comments have been added to a post or when your comments have been replied to. In both cases, you must actively request this service and can unsubscribe via a function embedded in the notification. A bulk deletion function when you unsubscribe the service also allows you to automatically and irrevocably delete all the content you have shared.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) will be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Once your comment has been approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in connection with your comment.
Newsletter
You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter via our website. To do so, we require your e-mail address and express confirmation that you have read the data protection policy and consent to receiving the newsletter and the processing of your personal data. This data is used by us exclusively for the purpose of providing this service within the scope of the consent you have given (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You have the right and the option to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending an email to office@m2sphere.at or by using the unsubscribe function in the newsletter. This will delete your personal data in connection with the newsletter.
The GPDR declaration of the newsletter service used can be found here:
Google analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
We use Google Analytics to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
For more information on Terms of Use and Privacy, please visit:
Contact
When you contact us by email, contact form, or phone, we will process the personal data you submit (email, name, phone number, your inquiry as text as well as all associated documents) for the purpose of handling your inquiry.
Google reCAPTCHA
To protect our website and to distinguish whether an action is performed by a human or maliciously by automated processing, we use Google reCAPTCHA, a service provided by Google LLC. This serves our legitimate interest in the security of our website and protection against spam in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Google reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This includes transmitting information about the user’s behavior on our website to Google, including IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service. This processing occurs automatically and usually without any direct link to a specific person being identifiable. The data collected within the framework of reCAPTCHA is processed in accordance with Google’s privacy policy.
For more information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please visit:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Users have the right to object to the processing of their personal data, although the functionality of the services protected by reCAPTCHA may be limited.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies that allow the website to recognize your browser when you visit the website again. Cookies are small text files that the browser stores on your device. This allows the website to be optimally adapted to your interests. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, you can set up your browser to inform you when cookies are set so that you can decide whether to allow them on a case-by-case basis. You can also deactivate use of cookies in your browser. Please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all of the website functions to their full extent.
When visiting our website for the first time, visitors can decide whether they want to accept all cookies or make individual settings.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Legal basis and storage period
Data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1) (f) (legitimate interest) and/or (1) (a) GDPR.
The processed personal data is used for statistical analysis and for the purpose of operating, safeguarding, and optimizing the website and to make our articles and activities more attractive to the user (legitimate interest). Any other use of your personal data (e.g. sending of newsletters) only takes place with your consent.
Unless explicitly indicated otherwise at the time of the collection of your personal data (e.g. in a declaration of consent), your personal data will be erased (or anonymized) if the retention of the personal data is no longer necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected and if no statutory retention obligations (such as tax or commercial law) require us to further retain the data.
Transfer and disclosure of personal data
Without your consent, we will not transfer your personal data collected based on your website use to third parties unless it is required to perform our duties or required by law/authorities.
Your rights
Generally, you have the right of access, the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object. If processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Contact
For any questions related to data privacy and asserting the rights listed above, please contact office@m2sphere.at.
This data protection policy will be revised from time to time.
