DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION

As part of the cooperation with business partners, ZAUNERGROUP processes personal data for the following purposes:

For the above purposes, ZAUNERGROUP processes the following categories of personal data if applicable:

The processing of personal data is necessary in order to achieve the purposes stated above, including to realise the (contractual) business relationship with the business partner. The legal basis for the data processing – unless expressly stated otherwise – is Article 6 (1) (b) and (f) GDPR or the expressly issued consent (Article 6 (1) (a) of the General Data Protection Regulation) from our partner. If the above personal data is not provided or if ZAUNERGROUP cannot collect it, the various purposes described cannot be achieved in some cases.

Forwarding of personal data to third parties generally only takes place if this is necessary for implementing the contract the forwarding is permitted on the basis of a consideration of interests as defined in Art. 6 (1) lit f) GDPR, if ZAUNERGROUP is legally required to forward data or if consent for this has been given. If necessary, ZAUNERGROUP transmits personal data for the above purposes to other ZAUNER subsidiaries, but only if this is necessary for fulfilling the above purposes. ZAUNERGROUP also transmits personal data to courts, authorities, public agencies, banks, insurance companies, operators of credit-relevant information systems, tax advisors or law firms insofar as this is legally permitted and necessary in order to comply with applicable law or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. The recipients described in this No. 2 are possibly situated in countries outside the European Economic Area (“third countries”), where the applicable law does not guarantee the same level of data protection as in your home country.

We use Matomo, an open-source web analytics tool, to analyse and continuously improve the performance of our website. The service is provided by InnoCraft Ltd, 7 Waterloo Quay PO625, 6140 Wellington, New Zealand. Data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in gaining statistical insights into user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes. Matomo uses cookies that are stored on your device to enable analysis of website usage. All data collected is stored exclusively on our own servers. Your IP address is anonymised and will not be linked to any other data. You can prevent the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Please note, however, that this may limit the functionality of our website. You can also opt out of data collection by activating the Matomo opt-out cookie. Further information on data protection at Matomo can be found at www.matomo.org/privacy-policy

Our website uses cookies, which are saved by your browser on your device and which contain certain settings for using the website (e.g. in the current session). Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more efficient and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are session cookies, which are automatically deleted after the browser is closed.

Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them or they expire. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser on your next visit. Sometimes, the cookies serve to simplify website processes by saving the settings (e.g. providing options already selected). If personal data is also processed by specific cookies implemented by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR either in order to implement the contract or according to Art. 6 (1) f GDPR in order to safeguard our justified interests in the best-possible functionality of the website and our customer-friendly and efficient design of the site visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed when cookies are placed and so that cookies are only permitted in the specific case, to reject the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or generally, as well as for the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The cookie settings can be managed under the following links for the respective browsers.

You can also manage the cookies of many companies and functions, which are used for advertising, individually. Most browsers also offer a “Do-Not-Track function”, with which you can specify that you do not want to be “followed” by websites. If this function is active, the respective browser informs advertising networks, websites and applications that you do not want to be followed for content-based advertising and similar. Information and instructions on how you can edit this function is available from the provider of your browser under the following links:

In addition, as standard you can prevent scripts from being loaded. NoScript only allows JavaScripts, Java and other plug-ins from domains you select as trustworthy. Information and instruction son how you can edit this function is available from the provider of your browser (e.g. For Mozilla Firefox under: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/). Please note that the functionality of this website may be limited if cookies are disabled.

Our website uses the service “Friendly Captcha” (www.friendlycaptcha.com ), provided by Friendly Captcha GmbH, Am Anger 3–5, 82237 Wörthsee, Germany. Friendly Captcha is a privacy-friendly security solution designed to protect our website from automated access by bots and malicious scripts. To do so, we have integrated a code snippet from Friendly Captcha into certain parts of our website (for example, contact forms). When you access these areas, your device connects to the Friendly Captcha servers to receive a computational task. Your device solves this task, using minimal system resources, and sends the result back to our web server. Our server then verifies the result with Friendly Captcha’s system to determine whether the task was solved correctly. Depending on this verification, website requests may be processed or rejected according to our security rules. The data collected is used solely for protection against spam and automated attacks. Friendly Captcha does not use or store cookies on your device. IP addresses are stored only in hashed (one-way encrypted) form and cannot be traced back to individuals. Any personal data collected is deleted after no more than 30 days. The processing of data is based on our legitimate interest in protecting our website from misuse, spam, and automated attacks (e.g. mass requests), pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Further information on data protection in connection with Friendly Captcha is available at https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/privacy-end-users/

We use Mailjet to process and send enquiries submitted to us via our website. In this context, personal data such as email addresses and the content of the enquiry are processed. Data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the purpose of performing pre-contractual measures or fulfilling a contract. Mailjet is a European service provider and complies with the applicable data protection regulations. Further information on data processing by Mailjet can be found in the Mailjet Privacy Policy

Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Xing, LinkedIn etc.) are only connected to our website as a link to the corresponding services. After clicking the integrated text / image, you are forwarded to the site of the respective provider. User information is only transmitted to the respective provider after the forwarding. Information about the use of your personal data when using these websites is available in the respective data protection conditions of the provider you use. As we have no influence over these linked websites, we cannot assume any responsibility for their content and data protection policy.

If no express storage period is stated when collecting data (e.g. as part of a declaration of consent) your personal data is deleted if it is no longer needed in order to fulfil the purpose of the storage, unless deletion is prevented by statutory retention requirements (e.g. Duties of retention under commercial and tax legislation

If our partner has granted consent for the processing of their personal data, the partner has the right to revoke the consent at any time with effect for the future, i.e. the cancellation does not affect the legality of the processing performed on the basis of the consent before it was revoked. After consent is revoked, ZAUNERGROUP may only process the personal data to the extent that ZAUNERGROUP can justify the processing on another legal basis.

According to the applicable data protection legislation, each of our partners has the right, if applicable:

We offer a secure and anonymous way to report potential misconduct at an early stage. All information you share is protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act (HSchG) and by a secure whistleblowing platform. No IP addresses are stored, all data is end-to-end encrypted, and metadata is removed to ensure your identity remains fully protected.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding data protection, please contact:

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority: Austrian Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40–42, 1030 Vienna, Austria.