Privacy Policy

(revised: 10 September 2020)

Pursuant to Article 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), this privacy policy informs you about the processing of personal data on our website.

1. General information

Processor: Helbling Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Kaplanstrasse 9, 6063 Rum b. Innsbruck, Austria, [email protected]

All data which is collected when customers use the publisher’s website is protected by data protection laws. We use such data only for the performance of contracts and for improving service.

2. When you visit our website

You may visit our website without providing personal data.

2.1 Log files

Any access to our website and any access to a file stored on the website will be logged for system-related and statistical purposes. This data may include your IP address. It will be processed separately from personal data of customers. The legal basis for the processing is point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. The legitimate interests that we pursue are ensuring system security and prevention of misuse.

2.2 Cookies

This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is stored by the web browser and contains certain information. This information may include your IP address, browser type, the URL click stream (the pages of the website that you access), the date and the time your visit on our website as well as the cookie number.

Cookies are used to create usage profiles which cannot be related to an individual person. Cookies are also used to provide the functionality of the shopping cart and to keep the information on items in the shopping cart. The cookies used on this website are session cookies, i.e. they are automatically deleted when the browser session is terminated. The legal basis for the processing is point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. The legitimate interests that we pursue are providing a user-friendly website and optimising our services.

You may prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; this may, however, result in limited functionality of the website.

2.3 Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, which is provided by Google, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies. The information stored in the cookie about a user’s interaction with the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The IP address will be truncated before transmission in order to anonymise it.

On our behalf Google will use this information for evaluating the users’ use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services in connection with the use of the website. Google will not associate an IP address with any other data held by Google. The legal basis for the processing is point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. The legitimate interests that we pursue are providing a user-friendly website and optimising our services.

In order to prevent the processing of data by Google, a user may download and install a plug-in, which is available for the most widely used browsers at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. A user can also control the use of the Google Analytics cookie as described above.

2.4 Support form

When submitting support requests via our support form, the following data is automatically detected and added to your requests: operating system and version, browser and version. Before submitting the form, you may check the detected information and refuse the transmission.

3. Data which you provide

3.1 Registration

When customers register on our website, we process the data provided by the customer for the performance of our services, in particular the web shop. We provide customers with a password-protected area where customers can review their data and place orders. We take all commercially and technically reasonable measures to prevent access by third parties to this protected area. We store our customers’ personal data in a controlled and secure environment which prevents unauthorised access and disclosure. The legal basis for the processing is point (b) of Article 6 (1) GDPR.

3.2 Webshop

When you place an order, we process your data for the purpose of performing the contract. Your customer account may retains your personal data for future purchases. You can delete the personal data as well as the account.

For direct payment processing we use the payment service providers Stripe and PayPal.

By default, direct payment processing for your order is handled by Stripe Payments Europe Ltd, Block 4, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, Ireland. Your payment data is transmitted directly to Stripe Payments and is not stored with us. For more information on how your data is processed and about data protection at Stripe, please visit https://stripe.com/privacy.
If you choose to pay via PayPal, you will be forwarded to the site of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. Here your deposited payment data will be used for the payment processing and the payment confirmation together with your e-mail address and the invoice data will be sent back to us. We have no access to your payment data. You can find more information about the processing of your data and the data protection at PayPal here: https://www.paypal.com/at/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

The acquisition and transfer of your personal data is based on art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. It is exclusively used for the purpose of payment processing with the respective payment service provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.

3.3 Retention of data

As a rule, we will retain your data as long as processing is necessary for a legitimate purpose.

We are required to retain financial data in relation to transactions (including address, payment and order information) for ten years. However, after 2 years we will restrict the processing of your personal data to comply with the statutory requirements. The legal basis for the processing is point (c) of Article 6 (1) GDPR.

3.4 Direct marketing

We may use the personal data you provide to advertise our products and services. The legal basis for the processing is point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. The legitimate interest that we pursue is direct marketing.

You may object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing at any time. We will then refrain from any processing of you data for that purpose.

4. Recipients of personal data

Data will be passed on to third parties on the basis of art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR when this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, when it is legally permissible or when the customer has explicitly agreed to it. This is the case, for example, when the customer's address is passed on to a delivery company.

For e-mail dispatch, we are using the service provider Cleverreach (CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Muehlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede, Germany; Tax ID number: DE230180364, Commercial register: District Court Oldenburg / HRA 4020).

For the processing of orders with direct payment, we process the personal data via our payment service providers (see point 3: Webshop).

5. Your rights

Under the GDPR you may have the following rights:

  • You may require access to personal data relating to you which is processed (Article 15 GDPR).
  • You may request the rectification, the erasure or the restriction of processing of personal data relating to you (Articles 16, 17 and 18 GDPR).
  • You have the right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR).
  • You may withdraw any consent you have given (Article 7(3) GDPR). The withdrawal of consent is to be addressed to: Helbling Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Kaplanstrasse 9, 6063 Rum b. Innsbruck, Austria, [email protected]
  • You may object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you (Article 21(1) GDPR). You may object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for direct marketing (Article 21(2) GDPR).
  • You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes data protection laws. The competent supervisory authority for us is: Oesterreichische Datenschutzbehoerde, Wickenburggasse 8, 1080 Vienna, Austria.

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