Privacy Policy
You are important to us. Therefore, we consider it our duty to handle your personal data with the utmost care and to protect it from misuse.
The Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal therefore strictly complies with the applicable data protection regulations (GDPR and DSG) when processing and collecting personal data.
Below you will find detailed information about which personal data is collected during your visit to our website and for what purpose it is used, as well as which personal data is collected when you contact us and how it is used.
This privacy policy applies to the website www.naturpark-waidhofen-ybbstal.at operated by the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal.
Individual pages may contain links to other partners and providers within the Nature Parks network to which the privacy policy of the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal does not apply. This means that we cannot assume any responsibility or liability for this external content or for the personal data processed there.
Controller
Who is responsible for data processing? Who can you contact with questions regarding data processing and the exercise of your rights as a data subject?
Responsible for data processing:
Association Nature Parks Lower Austria
Managing Director: Mag.a Jasmine Bachmann
Grenzgasse 10/2
A-3100 St. Pölten
Phone: +43 (0) 2742 / 219 19 - 334
E-mail: info(at)naturparke-noe.at
Web: www.naturparke-noe.at
Categories and Sources of Data
What data is processed? From which sources does this data originate?
We process the personal data that we receive from you within the framework of a business relationship or that you provide to us with your consent. This includes, among other things, newsletter registration, brochure orders, voucher/cellar lane house orders, booking inquiries, competitions, registration for the event database or POI database (user), and contact requests.
Personal data includes:
Private individuals: name, address, contact details (e-mail, telephone), country
Employees of organizations and partner businesses: In the context of business-to-business relationships, the company or organization is additionally collected and stored along with the data listed above.
In individual cases, the following may also constitute personal data:
- Image data in connection with competitions
- Data arising from the fulfilment of our contractual obligations
- Data required to carry out pre-contractual measures
Purposes and Legal Basis of Data Processing
For what purposes is the data processed? On what legal basis is this processing based?
Your personal data is processed exclusively in accordance with data protection regulations:
For the Fulfilment of Contractual Obligations and, Where Applicable, Pre-Contractual Measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR)
The processing of your personal data is necessary in order to fulfil your inquiries and orders in specific cases.
The purposes of data processing depend primarily on the specific inquiry or order and include, among other things:
- Sending information material (brochures, road maps, etc.)
- Sending ordered vouchers by post or electronically via e-mail
- Informing winners and sending prizes in the context of competitions
- Forwarding data to hosts/providers for the processing of non-binding inquiries
Based on Your Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR)
If you have given us your consent to process your personal data, this data will only be processed for the purposes specified in the relevant declaration of consent and within the agreed scope.
You may revoke your consent at any time with immediate effect. The lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until revocation remains unaffected.
Disclosure of Data
Who receives your data? To whom is your data transferred outside the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal?
Within the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal, those departments or employees who require your personal data in order to carry out pre-contractual measures, fulfil contractual obligations, or safeguard the legitimate interests of the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal are granted access.
Non-binding offers and accommodation inquiries can be made via the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal website. The contact details provided to us (name, address, e-mail address and telephone number) as well as travel-related data (arrival/departure date, number of persons, number of children and age of children) are forwarded to the respective hosts/providers for the purpose of processing the non-binding inquiry.
In addition, processors commissioned by us (in particular IT and back-office service providers as well as printers) receive your personal data if they require it to perform their respective tasks. All processors are contractually obliged to process your personal data only within the scope of providing their services and to treat it confidentially.
Apart from the processors listed above, your data will not be passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so.
Duration of Data Storage
How long is your data stored and processed?
We store and process your personal data for the duration of the customer relationship (including use for direct marketing purposes) or until the relevant consent is withdrawn. In addition, statutory retention periods, such as the seven-year retention obligation for accounting documents and records, must be observed.
Data Protection Rights
What data protection rights do you have as a data subject?
As a data subject, you have the following rights at any time:
- Information, rectification, deletion or restriction of the processing of your stored data (after clear identification by means of a valid identity document)
- Objection to processing and use for direct marketing purposes
- Data portability in accordance with the requirements of data protection law
Right to Confirmation
As a data subject, you have the right to request confirmation from us (after clear identification by means of a valid identity document) as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. You may contact us at any time at naturpark@waidhofen-ybbstal.at for this purpose.
Right of Access
As a data subject, you have the right to obtain free information at any time from us (after clear identification by means of a valid identity document) about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this information. You may contact us at any time at naturpark@waidhofen-ybbstal.at.
Your right of access includes the following information:
- the purposes of processing
- the categories of personal data processed by us
- the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed
- where possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that duration
- the existence of your right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by us as controller or your right to object to such processing
- the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority
- if your personal data was not collected directly from you: all available information about the origin of the data
In the operation of our websites, we engage software service providers and agencies who may gain access to your personal data in the course of their work. These parties have committed themselves to complying with the applicable data protection regulations. More detailed information on the service providers commissioned by us can be requested at naturpark@waidhofen-ybbstal.at.
Furthermore, as a data subject you have the right to be informed whether your personal data has been transferred to a third country or an international organization. If this is the case, you have the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.
Right to Rectification
As a data subject, you have the right to demand from us (after clear identification by means of a valid identity document) the immediate correction of inaccurate personal data concerning you. You may contact us at any time at naturpark@waidhofen-ybbstal.at.
Right to Erasure (“Right to Be Forgotten”)
As a data subject, you have the right to request from us (after clear identification by means of a valid identity document) that personal data concerning you be erased without delay if one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:
- Your personal data was collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary.
- You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
- You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
- Your personal data has been processed unlawfully.
- The erasure of your personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under European Union law or the law of the Republic of Austria.
If one of the above reasons applies and you wish to arrange for the deletion of personal data stored by the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal, you may contact us at any time at naturpark@waidhofen-ybbstal.at.
Right to Restriction of Processing
As a data subject, you have the right to request that we, as controller (after clear identification by means of a valid identity document), restrict the processing of your personal data if one of the following conditions is met:
- You contest the accuracy of the personal data for a period enabling us to verify its accuracy.
- The processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of its use instead.
- We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
- You have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds override yours.
If one of the above conditions applies and you wish to request the restriction of processing of your personal data stored by the Association Nature Park Waidhofen/Ybbstal, you may contact us at any time at naturpark@waidhofen-ybbstal.at.