1. GREEN places utmost importance on the protection of personal data of users of its website. If GREEN processes personal data when using the website(s), this is done exclusively on the basis of the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Austrian ’Data Protection Act’ (Datenschutzgesetz, DSG).
2. In principle, no personal data will be processed when using the GREEN website. Personal data will only be processed by GREEN if the user voluntarily enters his personal data (name, e-mail address), so that comments can be displayed accordingly under the respective contributions of the website(s) or to be able to use other services offered on the website(s) (e.g. ordering the newsletter).
3. Personal data will be processed by GREEN exclusively for the intended purposes and stored only as long as necessary. Personal data of users of the GREEN website will not be transmitted to third parties.
4. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on the user’s computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, the IP address of Google users within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area will be shortened beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. Users may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This website has been extended by the function gat._anonymizeIp(); to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-Masking).
5. In addition, other cookies are also used on the GREEN website(s), which are stored by the browser on the user’s computer. These cookies are only used to enable the user to make the best use of the various functions of the website. In principle, these cookies are deleted as soon as the browser is closed by the user. For the function of the “Personal Edition” website, cookies are used to store the user’s individual settings on the website, so these cookies remain until they expire or are deleted manually. GREEN does not collect any personal data of the user via cookies. The use of cookies can also be completely deactivated in the settings of the respective browser program, in which case it is possible that not all functions of the website(s) can be used to their full extent.
The GREEN website contain button-shaped links to plugins from various social networks, including, among others, “Facebook.com”, “Google Plus” and “Twitter.com”. When the respective buttons are pressed, personal data (e.g. IP address) may be collected by the operators of the respective social networks. GREEN has no influence on the collection of data by the respective social network operators. Information about the extent and use of the collected data can be found in the privacy policy of the respective social networks.
6. The GREEN website also contains button-shaped links with which contributions of the GREEN website(s) can be shared in different social networks. When the user clicks on this link, he will be redirected to the URL of the respective social network where the post is shared.
7. The GREEN website also contain button-shaped links to share contributions from the GREEN website(s) in different social networks. When the user clicks on this link, he or she is redirected to the URL of the respective social network, where the contribution can be shared and commented on. The data required for this is automatically transmitted by the user’s browser to the respective social network and processed there. GREEN has no knowledge of the extent and use of the data by the respective social network operators. Information on this can be found in the data protection declarations of the respective social networks.
8. GREEN checks this privacy policy regularly. It may be necessary from time to time to make changes to the privacy policy. On the GREEN website the most current version of the privacy policy will be published.
9. GREEN takes a variety of measures to ensure the security of the personal data of its users.
10. Users of the website can at any time request information about the data stored about them or request the modification or deletion of the data by contacting the following address. If the user has given his or her consent in accordance with data protection laws, this consent can also be revoked via the contact details given above.
