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Silicon Austria Labs GmbH (here­inafter referred to as “SAL”, “we” or “us”) is pleased that you are visiting our website. Data protec­tion and data secu­rity on our website are very impor­tant to us. We would there­fore like to inform you which of your personal data we collect when you visit our website and for what purpose it is used. SAL informs anyone whom it may concern sepa­rately about further data process­ing, refer­ring to this general data protec­tion decla­ra­tion if neces­sary. Any personal data is processed in strict compli­ance with the prin­ci­ples and require­ments set out in the GDPR, the Austrian Data Protec­tion Act (DSG), and any other applic­able data protec­tion regu­la­tions.

  • The controller in terms of the GDPR and any other data protec­tion regu­la­tions is:

    Silicon Austria Labs GmbH
    Sandgasse 34
    8010 Graz
    E-Mail: contact@silicon-austria.com
    Website: www.silicon-austria-labs.com

    This data protec­tion decla­ra­tion applies to the web pres­ence of SAL, which can be accessed via the domain www.silicon-austria-labs.com, and to further process­ing activ­i­ties mentioned herein.

    Data Protec­tion Officer:
    Sandgasse 34
    8010 Graz
    dpo@silicon-austria.com

  • Personal data is any data relating to an iden­ti­fied or iden­ti­fi­able natural person. This includes, for example, infor­ma­tion such as your name, age, address, tele­phone number, date of birth, e-mail address or IP address. Infor­ma­tion that cannot be traced back to you, for example infor­ma­tion that has been anonymized, is not personal data. The process­ing of personal data (for example the collec­tion, retrieval, use, storage or trans­mis­sion thereof) always requires a legal basis or your consent.

  • 3.1. Provi­sion of website

    3.1.1. Type, purpose, and scope of processed data

    We collect and use the personal data of our users (you) only insofar as is neces­sary for the func­tioning of our website and to provide our content, services and public commu­ni­ca­tion.

    Upon your access and use of our website, we collect personal data that your browser auto­mat­i­cally trans­mits to our server. This infor­ma­tion is temporarily stored in a so-called log file.

    The following infor­ma­tion is collected without any action on your part and stored until auto­matic dele­tion:

    • IP address of the requesting computer,
    • Date and time of access,
    • Name and URL of the retrieved file,
    • Website from which our services are accessed (referrer URL),
    • Browser used, and, if applic­able, the oper­ating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

    We process this data for the following purposes:

    • To ensure a smooth connec­tion to the website
    • To ensure a secure and conve­nient use of our website

    3.1.2. Legal basis

    Art. 6 para 1 lit f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the process­ing of this data, which is neces­sary to provide our website, ensure system secu­rity and enable a secure and comfort­able use (through a smooth connec­tion). Thus, process­ing your data is a legit­i­mate interest of our company. In addi­tion, there are no over­riding inter­ests of the website user, so the interest of the website oper­ator prevails.

    3.1.3. Storage period and erasure of data

    The server logs are stored for 30 days and then auto­mat­i­cally erased. It is not possible to estab­lish a personal refer­ence from this data, as the corre­sponding IP address is anonymized by abbre­vi­ating it. Longer storage may only be neces­sary in the event of cyber attacks or similar events to ensure the func­tion­ality and secu­rity of our website.

    3.2. Regis­tra­tion/​creation of a user account in the Chip2Sys member area

    3.2.1. Type, purpose, and scope of processed data

    On our website, we offer Chip2Sys program members to register in the member area by providing personal data. With the processed data, we create an indi­vid­u­al­ized user account that can be used to access infor­ma­tion and services regarding re­search projects and future SAL programs.

    The following list shows you which personal data we process when you register:

    • User­name
    • Pass­word
    • E-mail address

    3.2.2. Legal basis

    Your personal data is being processed based on the decla­ra­tion of consent volun­tarily given by you during the regis­tra­tion in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR. The decla­ra­tion of consent is given unam­bigu­ously, in an informed manner, relates to the specific process­ing and has not yet been with­drawn. It is possible to with­draw your consent at any time with effect in the future by contacting the data protec­tion officer under the above­men­tioned contact option.

    3.2.3. Storage period and erasure of data

    As soon as the regis­tra­tion or user account on our website is erased or modi­fied, the data processed during the regis­tra­tion process will be erased. Personal data will only be stored further if required by law in indi­vidual cases.

    3.2.4. Erasure/​change of regis­tra­tion/​user account

    As a user, you can have your regis­tra­tion or user account erased at any time. You can also have your stored personal data changed at any time. To do so, please contact the data protec­tion officer under the above­men­tioned contact option. Prema­ture erasure of personal data is only possible insofar as this does not contra­dict contrac­tual or legal oblig­a­tions. If the processed personal data is required to fulfil a contract or to imple­ment pre-contrac­tual measures, erasure is not possible until the purpose has been achieved.

    3.3. Newsletter

    3.3.1. Type, purpose, ad scope of processed data

    You can subscribe to our newsletter on our website at www.silicon-austria-labs.com. To do so, we need your e-mail address and your consent that you agree to receive the newsletter. Once you have signed up for the newsletter, you will receive an e-mail that you have to confirm to subscribe to the newsletter.

    3.3.2. Legal basis

    Your personal data is being processed based on the decla­ra­tion of consent volun­tarily given by you during the regis­tra­tion in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR. The decla­ra­tion of consent is given unam­bigu­ously, in an informed manner, relates to the specific process­ing and has not yet been with­drawn.

    It is possible to cancel your subscrip­tion to the newsletter at any time. Please send your cancel­la­tion to the following e-mail address (press@silicon-austria.com), or unsub­scribe directly in the newsletter.

    3.3.3. Storage period and erasure of data

    After successful cancel­la­tion of the newsletter, we will subse­quently erase your data in connec­tion with the newsletter subscrip­tion. This revo­ca­tion does not affect the lawful­ness of prior data process­ing based on your consent.

  • We will only share your personal data with third parties if:

    • you have given explicit consent in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR,
    • it is legally permis­sible and neces­sary for the fulfill­ment of a contract with you,
    • there is a legal oblig­a­tion for the disclo­sure according to Art. 6 para 1 lit c GDPR,
    • the disclo­sure is neces­sary according to Art. 6 para 1 lit f GDPR to protect legit­i­mate busi­ness inter­ests and for the asser­tion, exer­cise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an over­riding legit­i­mate interest in the non-disclo­sure of your data.

    Gener­ally, no personal data will be passed on to third parties outside the Euro­pean Union and the Euro­pean Economic Area.

  • We use cookies on our website to allo­cate any inquiries and requests sent to us via the internet. Cookies are small files sent by us to the browser of your end device during your visit to our website and stored there for later retrieval. Cookies help us to ensure the website’s func­tion­ality, person­alize content and adver­tise­ments, and deter­mine the frequency of use and the number of users of our internet pages, among other things. The content of the cookies we use is limited to an iden­ti­fi­ca­tion number that no longer allows any personal refer­ence to a user, protecting your privacy.

    When visiting our website, you can make changes to your settings/​pref­er­ences regarding the use of cookies under “Data Protec­tion Settings” in the cookie banner. You can choose between accepting the use of all our cookies (“Accept all”), making indi­vidual changes to the use of cookies (“External” and/​or “Marketing” and/​or “External content”), only accepting essen­tial cookies (“Essen­tial”) or rejecting the use of cookies (“Reject all”). Essen­tial cookies are cookies that are absolutely neces­sary and essen­tial for our website to func­tion prop­erly. Once you have set/​accepted cookies, you can with­draw your consent by unchecking the respec­tive box under “Data Protec­tion Settings” in the cookie banner at any time. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the func­tion­ality of this website.

     

    5.1. Google Analytics 4

    If you have given your consent, we use Google Analytics, a widely used web analysis tool from Google LLC, on our website. In the EU, the EEA and Switzer­land the controller is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland (“Google”). Google acts as a processor for us.

    Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored in your browser and that allow us to gain insights into user behavior to improve our online pres­ence and opti­mize adver­tising efforts. The infor­ma­tion about your use of our website that is collected via cookies is gener­ally trans­mitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

    Google Analytics does not log or store your IP address. IP addresses are by default anonymized. Due to this IP anonymiza­tion, your IP address will be abbre­vi­ated within member states of the EU or the EEA. Only in excep­tional cases will the full IP address be trans­mitted to a Google server in the USA and abbre­vi­ated there. According to Google, the IP address trans­mitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. All IP addresses collected from users in the EU are deleted before the data is stored in a data center or on a server.

    During your visit to our website, your user behavior is recorded in the form of “events”. Events can include:

    • Page views, first visit to the website, start of the session, web pages visited, your “click path”, inter­ac­tion with the website, clicks on external links, inter­ac­tion with videos, file down­loads, adverts viewed/​clicked on, language setting, your approx­i­mate loca­tion (region), date and time of the visit, IP address (in abbre­vi­ated form), tech­nical infor­ma­tion about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g. language setting, screen reso­lu­tion), referrer URL (the previ­ously visited page).

    On behalf of the oper­ator of this website, Google will use this infor­ma­tion to analyze your use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyze the perfor­mance of our SAL website.

    Recip­i­ents of the infor­ma­tion are or may be:

    • Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR),
    • Google LLC, 1600 Amphithe­atre Parkway Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA.

    For data trans­fers to the USA, a deci­sion by the Euro­pean Commis­sion is in place, in which the level of data protec­tion for certi­fied compa­nies in the USA has been declared appro­priate (“adequacy deci­sion”). Google LLC is certi­fied as such a company (see www.datapri­va­cyframe­work.gov/​list). Any data transfer to Google LLC in the USA there­fore takes place on the basis of Art. 45 para 1 GDPR in conjunc­tion with the EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work.

    The data sent by us linked to cookies is auto­mat­i­cally erased after one year, one month and four days. The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is two years.

    Your data is being processed based on the decla­ra­tion of consent volun­tarily given by you in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR. You actively give your consent by clicking on “Accept all” or by ticking the box for the respec­tive process­ing purpose under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner when you visit our website. No analysis cookies will be set before you give your consent. Once you agreed to process­ing, you can with­draw your consent by unchecking the respec­tive box under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner at any time. You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the begin­ning by choosing the appro­priate setting in the “Privacy settings” in the cookie banner. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the func­tion­ality of this and other websites.

    To prevent infor­ma­tion about your use of the website from being collected by Google Analytics and trans­mitted to Google Analytics, you can down­load and install a plugin for your browser at the following link: http://​tools.google.com/​dlpage/​gaoptout?hl=de.

    5.2. Google Tag Manager

    We use the Google Tag Manager by Google LLC on our website. In the EU, the EEA and Switzer­land the controller is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland (“Google”). Google acts as a processor for us.

    Google Tag Manager is a service for centrally managing various tracking tags (such as Google Analytics) using a single inter­face. Tags are small code elements that help us measure traffic and visitor behavior, under­stand the impact of our adver­tising, set up remar­keting and target group opti­miza­tions, and test and opti­mize our website, among other things. The tags often come from internal Google prod­ucts such as Google Ads or Google Analytics, but tags from other compa­nies can also be inte­grated and managed via the Manager. The Google Tag Manager is just an auxil­iary service that facil­i­tates the inte­gra­tion and manage­ment of our tags via an inter­face. The Google Tag Manager is a domain and only imple­ments tags, which means that it does not use its own cookies and does not collect any personal data. It merely trig­gers other tags that may collect data, but it does not access this data. The tags that collect data (e.g. Google Analytics), which we manage using Google Tag Manager, are listed in this data protec­tion decla­ra­tion.

    The use of Google Tag Manager is based on our legit­i­mate interest in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit f GDPR to analyze the behavior of website visi­tors and thus improve our offer tech­ni­cally and econom­i­cally.

    Google processes data mainly on servers within the EU. However, data may also be processed on servers in the USA. For data trans­fers to the USA, a deci­sion by the Euro­pean Commis­sion is in place, in which the level of data protec­tion for certi­fied compa­nies in the USA has been declared appro­priate (“adequacy deci­sion”). Google LLC is certi­fied as such a company (see www.datapri­va­cyframe­work.gov/​list). Any data transfer to Google LLC in the USA there­fore takes place on the basis of Art. 45 para 1 GDPR in conjunc­tion with the EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work.

    Further infor­ma­tion on Google Tag Manager and Google’s privacy policy can be found at poli­cies.google.com/​privacy and https://​market­ing­plat­form.google.com/​about/​analytics/​tag-manager/​use-policy/.

    5.3. Google Ads Remar­keting and Conver­sion-Tracking

    We use Google Ads and Remar­keting, widely used online adver­tising programs by Google LLC, on our website. In the EU, the EEA and Switzer­land the controller is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland (“Google”). Google acts as a processor for us.

    As part of Google Ads and Remar­keting, we use so called conver­sion tracking func­tions and remar­keting func­tions. This means:

    • Conver­sion tracking: When you click on a Google ad, a cookie is stored on your device that records infor­ma­tion such as pages visited and the dura­tion of the visit. This infor­ma­tion helps us analyze the success of our ads and improve our marketing. The cookies are valid for 30 days and are not used to iden­tify you person­ally. If you visit certain pages of our website when the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recog­nize that you have clicked on a specific ad and have been redi­rected to this page. Google Ads customers (us) each receive a different cookie. It is there­fore not possible to track cookies via the websites of Google Ads customers. The data collected using the conver­sion cookie is used to create conver­sion statis­tics for Google Ads customers who use conver­sion tracking. The customers find out the number of users who clicked on their ad and were then redi­rected to a page with a conver­sion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any infor­ma­tion that can be used to person­ally iden­tify users.
    • Remar­keting: With the help of remar­keting, we can show you targeted adver­tising on other websites within the Google network. For this purpose, Google uses a cookie to store certain infor­ma­tion about your surfing behavior to be able to present you with suit­able adver­tise­ments from us again when you use the Internet again/​later. This enables Google to deter­mine the previous visit of each user to the website. The storage period for these cookies is 540 days. Within this period, the data collected can be used for the above-mentioned purposes unless you delete the cookies prema­turely in your browser settings. According to its own state­ments, Google does not merge the data collected in the context of remar­keting with personal data of the users of this website, which may be stored by Google. Further infor­ma­tion on data protec­tion at Google and how remar­keting works can be found in Google’s privacy policy.

    Recip­i­ents of the infor­ma­tion are or may be:

    • Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR),
    • Google LLC, 1600 Amphithe­atre Parkway Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA.

    For data trans­fers to the USA, a deci­sion by the Euro­pean Commis­sion is in place, in which the level of data protec­tion for certi­fied compa­nies in the USA has been declared appro­priate (“adequacy deci­sion”). Google LLC is certi­fied as such a company (see www.datapri­va­cyframe­work.gov/​list). Any data transfer to Google LLC in the USA there­fore takes place on the basis of Art. 45 para 1 GDPR in conjunc­tion with the EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work.

    Your data is being processed based on the decla­ra­tion of consent volun­tarily given by you in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR. You actively give your consent by clicking on “Accept all” or by ticking the box for the respec­tive process­ing purpose under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner when you visit our website. No cookies will be set before you give your consent. Once you agreed to process­ing, you can with­draw your consent by unchecking the respec­tive box under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner at any time. You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the begin­ning by choosing the appro­priate setting in the “Privacy settings” in the cookie banner. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the func­tion­ality of this and other websites. Addi­tion­ally, you can prevent partic­i­pa­tion in remar­keting by either:

    1. installing the plug-in provided by Google under the following link: https://​www.google.com/​settings/​ads/​plugin, which opens an external URL in a new window, or by
    2. deac­ti­vating the interest-based ads of providers that are part of the “About Ads” self-regu­la­tion campaign via the link http://​www.aboutads.info/​choices, which opens an external URL in a new window; however, this setting is deleted when the cookies are deleted.

    5.4. LinkedIn Insight Tag

    Further­more, we use the LinkedIn Insight Tag conver­sion tool on our website, a widely used tracking tool from LinkedIn Corpo­ra­tion, 2029 Stierlin Court, Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA. In the EU, the EEA and Switzer­land the controller is LinkedIn Ireland Unlim­ited, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”).

    The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables us to carry out targeted adver­tising campaigns and gain insights into the behavior of visi­tors to our website to measure the success of our ads or adver­tising measures on LinkedIn and conse­quently to opti­mize our online marketing measures by analyzing whether users were redi­rected to our website after clicking on a LinkedIn ad. Using the LinkedIn Insight Tag, LinkedIn is also able to deter­mine the visi­tors to our website as a target group for the display of ads, so-called “LinkedIn Ads”. Thus, we use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to display the LinkedIn ads placed by us only to LinkedIn users who have also shown an interest in our website (retar­geting). The tool creates cookies in your web browser for these purposes, which enable the collec­tion of the following data, among others: IP address, device and browser prop­er­ties and page events (e.g. page views), infor­ma­tion that LinkedIn provides from user profiles (e.g. industry, loca­tion, job posi­tion).

    To eval­uate our adver­tising campaigns on LinkedIn, LinkedIn provides us with your data in an anony­mous, aggre­gated format. We collect statis­tical infor­ma­tion about website visi­tors who have reached us via our LinkedIn campaigns. You can find more infor­ma­tion on data protec­tion at LinkedIn in the LinkedIn privacy policy (https://​de.linkedin.com/​legal/​privacy-policy).

    Recip­i­ents of the infor­ma­tion are or may be:

    • LinkedIn Corpo­ra­tion, 2029 Stierlin Court, Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA (als Auftragsver­ar­beiter gemäß Art. 28 DSGVO),
    • LinkedIn Ireland Unlim­ited, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland.

    For data trans­fers to the USA, a deci­sion by the Euro­pean Commis­sion is in place, in which the level of data protec­tion for certi­fied compa­nies in the USA has been declared appro­priate (“adequacy deci­sion”). LinkedIn Corpo­ra­tion is certi­fied as such a company (see www.datapri­va­cyframe­work.gov/​list). Any data transfer to LinkedIn Corpo­ra­tion in the USA there­fore takes place on the basis of Art. 45 para 1 GDPR in conjunc­tion with the EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work.

    Your data is being processed based on the decla­ra­tion of consent volun­tarily given by you in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR. You actively give your consent by clicking on “Accept all” or by ticking the box for the respec­tive process­ing purpose under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner when you visit our website. No cookies will be set before you give your consent. Once you agreed to process­ing, you can with­draw your consent by unchecking the respec­tive box under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner at any time. You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the begin­ning by choosing the appro­priate setting in the “Privacy settings” in the cookie banner. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the func­tion­ality of this and other websites.

    You can object to the collec­tion by the LinkedIn Insight Tag and use of your data to display LinkedIn ads. To do this, you can go to the pages set up by LinkedIn and follow the instruc­tions there on the settings for usage-based adver­tising: www.linkedin.com/​pset­tings/​guest-controls/​retar­geting-opt-out or www.linkedin.com/​pset­tings/​adver­tising or declare your objec­tion on the US site www.aboutads.info/​choices/.

    5.5. Inte­gra­tion of external media

    Content from external media is blocked by default. If external services are accepted, manual consent is no longer required to access this content.

    There is no oblig­a­tion to consent to the process­ing of your data to use this service. You can with­draw or adjust your selec­tion at any time in the cookie banner under “Privacy settings”/“​External content”.

    Some of the services we use process personal data in the USA. For data trans­fers to the USA, a deci­sion by the Euro­pean Commis­sion is in place, in which the level of data protec­tion for certi­fied compa­nies in the USA has been declared appro­priate (“adequacy deci­sion”). Certi­fied compa­nies can be accessed via the following link (see www.datapri­va­cyframe­work.gov/​list). Any data transfer to certi­fied compa­nies in the USA there­fore takes place on the basis of Art. 45 para 1 GDPR in conjunc­tion with the EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work.

    Please note that not all func­tions of the website might be avail­able due to indi­vidual settings.

    We have inte­grated the following external media on our website:

    • Google Maps
    • YouTube

    5.5.1. Google Maps

    Google Maps is an internet mapping plat­form that provides detailed geograph­ical infor­ma­tion. If you consent to the use of this service by ticking the respec­tive box in the “Privacy settings” in the cookie banner under “External content”, content from this plat­form will be displayed on our website. We have inte­grated Google Maps on our website to show you our loca­tions.

    Google Maps is a widely used mapping tool by Google LLC. In the EU, the EEA and Switzer­land the controller is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland (“Google”).

    If you have consented to the use of the service via the cookie banner (consent pursuant to Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR), your browser auto­mat­i­cally connects to Google’s servers and the content is auto­mat­i­cally displayed. Google is respon­sible for all data process­ing. Further infor­ma­tion on the purpose and scope of data process­ing as well as setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google’s privacy policy www.google.de/​intl/​de/​poli­cies/​privacy.

    Once you agreed to process­ing, you can with­draw your consent by unchecking the respec­tive box under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner at any time. You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the begin­ning by choosing the appro­priate setting in the “Privacy settings” in the cookie banner. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the func­tion­ality of this and other websites.

    5.5.2. YouTube

    We have inte­grated YouTube videos on the website to be able to present inter­esting videos directly on our site.

    YouTube is a service by Google LLC. In the EU, the EEA and Switzer­land the controller is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland (“Google”).

    If you have consented to the use of the service via the cookie banner (consent pursuant to Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR), your browser auto­mat­i­cally connects to YouTube’s/​Google’s servers and the content is auto­mat­i­cally displayed. Depending on the settings, various data (cookies) are trans­mitted. Google is respon­sible for all data process­ing. Further infor­ma­tion on the purpose and scope of data process­ing as well as setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google’s privacy policy www.google.de/​intl/​de/​poli­cies/​privacy.

    Once you agreed to process­ing, you can with­draw your consent by unchecking the respec­tive box under “Data protec­tion settings” in the cookie banner at any time. You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the begin­ning by choosing the appro­priate setting in the “Privacy settings” in the cookie banner. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the func­tion­ality of this and other websites.

  • Our website contains plugins of the following social networks:

    • LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlim­ited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)
    • Face­book (Meta Plat­forms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland)
    • “Insta­gram” (Meta Plat­forms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland),
    • YouTube (Google Inc., 1600 Amphithe­atre Parkway, Moun­tain View, Cali­fornia 94043, USA)
    • Twitter (Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Fran­cisco, Cali­fornia 94103, USA)

    It is possible that personal data about website users is collected via these plugins, trans­mitted to the respec­tive service and linked to the user’s respec­tive service. Within our online services, those social plugins are marked by buttons of the respec­tive services. Based on the data trans­mitted to the respec­tive service via the social plugins, the service may be able to link you to your account if you have one on their plat­form. The social media buttons are inte­grated using the so-called Shariff solu­tion. This solu­tion, devel­oped by Heise and c’t, prevents a connec­tion to a social network if you open a webpage containing a social media button without acti­vating the button. This means that infor­ma­tion is only trans­mitted to the social network when you use the button.

    Please check out the data protec­tion infor­ma­tion of the respec­tive social network on their website if you want to learn more about the scope and purpose of the data collec­tion as well as further process­ing and use of your data by the respec­tive service. There you will also find further infor­ma­tion about your respec­tive data protec­tion rights and settings to protect your privacy.

    Face­book

    https://​www.face­book.com/​policy.php

    https://​www.face­book.com/​help/​186325668085084

    “Insta­gram”

    https://​help.insta­gram.com/​519522125107875

    LinkedIn

    https://​www.linkedin.com/​legal/​privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv

    Twitter

    https://​twitter.com/​en/​privacy

    YouTube

    https://​poli­cies.google.com/​privacy?hl=en

  • 7.1. Type, purpose, and scope of processed data

    SAL is repre­sented on social networks and plat­forms to commu­ni­cate with the respec­tive users and inform them about news.

    We have no influ­ence on the type and scope of data processed by the provider of the respec­tive network/​plat­form nor on the type of process­ing and use or the possible transfer of this data to third parties. We cannot monitor or control this. Please note that social media/​plat­forms and their features are used volun­tarily and on a person’s own respon­si­bility. When deciding to use the respec­tive service, the terms of use and data protec­tion of the respec­tive provider apply.

    SAL uses social media and other plat­forms to complete the existing commu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels of SAL, such as the website, press releases, the newsletter, prod­ucts in prints, and events.

    7.2. Legal basis

    The use of social networks and plat­forms is in the interest of SAL to fulfill and improve targeted public rela­tions in accor­dance with Art. 6 para 1 lit f GDPR.

    Currently used social networks and plat­forms are:

  • Our website contains hyper­links to websites of other providers. When acti­vating these hyper­links, you will be redi­rected from our website directly to the website of the respec­tive provider. One sign that you are redi­rected to another website is the change in the URL. We cannot accept any respon­si­bility for the confi­den­tial handling of your data on third-party websites, as we have no influ­ence on whether these compa­nies comply with data protec­tion regu­la­tions. Please inform your­self about the handling of your personal data by these compa­nies directly on their respec­tive website.

  • 9.1. Type, purpose and scope of processed data

    The personal data provided by you as part of your regis­tra­tion or admin­is­tra­tion of one of our events will be processed by us for the purpose of managing your regis­tra­tion and partic­i­pa­tion in the event.

    In partic­ular, we process the following types of data:

    • Sex
    • First name
    • Last name
    • Acad­emic title
    • E-mail address
    • Company
    • Job title
    • Phone number

    9.2. Legal basis and storage period

    The legal basis is the fulfill­ment of the contract or the imple­men­ta­tion of pre-contrac­tual measures (Art. 6 para 1 lit b GDPR). Without you providing the manda­tory data, we cannot process your regis­tra­tion or partic­i­pa­tion in the event.

    Another legal basis for the process­ing of the data volun­tarily provided by you is our legit­i­mate interest (Art. 6 para 1 lit f GDPR). The legit­i­mate interest lies primarily in further improving the quality of service for you as part of the orga­ni­za­tion of the event.

    Your personal data will only be stored for as long as is neces­sary to fulfill the purpose. If the data is rele­vant under tax law, the reten­tion period is at least seven (7) years (see Section 132 (1) BAO). Further reten­tion periods may result from statu­tory reten­tion periods or for the purpose of asserting, exer­cising or defending legal claims.

  • 10.1. Type, purpose and scope of processed data

    Among other things, we orga­nize road shows, trade fairs, re­search confer­ences and similar events. At these events, we may take photos, videos,video talks, and live streams of partic­i­pants in connec­tion with the respec­tive event.. These pictures, videos, and video talks are used and processed to present the event and the re­search and devel­op­ment work, both online and offline (in the annual report, on our social media accounts, on the website, etc.). In some cases, we may pass this footage on to the press for publi­ca­tion.

    10.2. Legal basis and storage period

    Art. 6 para 1 lit f GDPR and § 12 (2) Z 4 DSG serve as the legal basis for the above­men­tioned process­ing of your personal data. Process­ing the above­men­tioned data is neces­sary to present the respec­tive events and the re­search and devel­op­ment work and serves a legit­i­mate interest of SAL. If neces­sary, we will obtain your consent for the process­ing of pictures, video, video talks (Art. 6 para 1 lit a GDPR)).

    Pictures, videos, video talks will be erased as soon as there is no longer a legit­i­mate interest to present the respec­tive event or as soon as the person in ques­tion objects to the data process­ing. You are under no oblig­a­tion to be photographed or recorded. If you do not agree to being photographed or published, please inform the photog­ra­pher imme­di­ately or contact the event orga­ni­za­tion.

  • According to the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding the process­ing of your personal data:

    • According to Art. 15 GDPR, you can request infor­ma­tion about your personal data processed by us. In partic­ular, you can request infor­ma­tion about the process­ing purposes, the cate­gories of personal data, the cate­gories of recip­i­ents to whom your personal data has or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the exis­tence of a right to recti­fi­ca­tion, erasure, restric­tion of process­ing or objec­tion, the exis­tence of a right to complain, the origin of your data if not collected by us, and the transfer to third coun­tries or inter­na­tional orga­ni­za­tions.
    • According to Art. 16 GDPR, you can imme­di­ately request the recti­fi­ca­tion of incor­rect data or the comple­tion of your personal data that is saved by us.
    • According to Art. 17 GDPR, you can request the erasure of your personal data saved by us, unless the process­ing is neces­sary for the exer­cise of the right to freedom of expres­sion and infor­ma­tion, for compli­ance with a legal oblig­a­tion, for reasons to public interest, or for the estab­lish­ment, exer­cise or defense of legal claims.
    • According to Art. 18 GDPR, you can request the restric­tion of the process­ing of your personal data if you dispute the accu­racy of the data, the process­ing is unlawful, we no longer need the data and you object to the erasure of the data because you need it for the asser­tion, exer­cise or defense of legal claims. The rights according to Art. 18 GDPR still apply to you if you have objected to the process­ing according to Art. 21 GDPR.
    • According to Art. 20 GDPR, you can request to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a struc­tured, estab­lished and machine-read­able format, or you may request that it be trans­ferred to another person respon­sible.
    • According to Art. 7 para 3 GDPR, you can with­draw your consent given to us by contacting the data protec­tion officer under the above­men­tioned e-mail address. Conse­quently, we are not allowed to continue the data process­ing that was based on your consent in the future.
    • According to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the process­ing of your personal data, provided that the process­ing is based on the legit­i­mate interest of SAL to process your personal data according to Art. 6 para 1 lit f GDPR. To do so, please contact dpo@silicon-austria.com.

    If you believe that the process­ing of your personal data violates data protec­tion law or your data protec­tion rights have other­wise been violated in any way, you can contact the Austrian data protec­tion authority (dsb@dsb.gv.at) or our data protec­tion officer (dpo@silicon-austria.com) with your concerns.

  • SAL reserves the right to update or modify this data protec­tion decla­ra­tion at any time without prior notice. The version currently published on the website applies.

  • Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion Website

    Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion for Employees