Privacy Policy

SALZBURG INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (ISBK, data controller or “we”) respects all laws and regulations applicable on the topic of data protection and is committed to the values of privacy in relation to the processing of personal data. This Privacy Statement explains how we collect, process and use information about you when you use our website (“Privacy Policies”). We are the operator of the website www.summeracademy.at. We will routinely update this Privacy Statement to clarify our practices and to reflect new or different privacy practices.

1. PERSONAL DATA

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person or a legal entity (“data subjects” or “users” of our website).
Data entered into online forms (when registering for the ISBK Newsletter, when registering for a course, a grant, an accommodation, when registering for a membership in the society of friends, with the purchase of a product in our shop) is stored. In addition to the visible fields in the forms, such as your e-mail address, first name and surname, the time of storage and the current IP address are also recorded.

2. DATA PROCESSING

Our website enables you to apply for a course or a grant, an accommodation, register for our newsletter, register for a membership for the society of friends or purchase a product of our shop online. When you place an order, we use your information (name, telephone number, E-mail address, street address) in connection with your person. We collect, process, and store this information for the purpose of processing and facilitating delivery of your order. We neither reveal nor sell or lease your personal data to third parties. We transfer your data to third parties only in cases where doing so is necessary for the fulfilment of your contract with us. It is for this purpose that we transfer your data to our technology partners (NOUS Wissensmanagment GmbH, 1150 Vienna, Ullmannstarße 35), to our payment services provider (mPAY24 GmbH, 1050 Vienna, Grüngasse 16), and to our delivery agents and/or shippers (such as Österreichische Post AG) so that you receive the products you have purchased.
Should you break off your placement of an order before completing it, none of the data you have entered will be saved by us. But if a contract is concluded, we save all data pertaining to this contractual relationship for a period of ten years, at which time the legal obligation to retain this data expires.
Data processing takes place in conformance with legal requirements (TKG, DSGVO, DSG/2018).

3. WEB ANALYTICS

A. GENERAL

To enhance your experience with the website, we may place a cookie (a small text file) on the computer or your mobile device to make the usage of the website more convenient. Cookies are small files with configuration settings that help us to ascertain frequency of use and the kind of use of the website. Cookies are also used to implement certain user functions. The main purpose of a cookie is therefore the recognition of the visitors of the website and thus it is possible to present each visitor a more individual and personalized website tailored to their needs. Cookies can be deleted at any time by using the browser options.
Cookies may contain the following files:
• the name of the server that wrote the data package
• a one-time ID number
• sometimes an end date

B. COOKIES FEATURING THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS ARE STORED BEYOND ANY PARTICULAR SESSION

Web analysis cookies
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” text files that are placed on your computer and that allow an analysis of how you use the website The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The ISBK website uses IP anonymization, meaning that within member states of the European Union and in other contracting states to the European Economic Area your IP address is abbreviated by Google. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the website operator Google uses this information to analyze your use of the website and to prepare reports about website activities and to provide further services associated with website and Internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your anonymised IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hlde).

Google Analytics uses the following cookies:
_ga (stored for 2 years), _gid (stored for 24 hours), _gat (stored for 1 minute)

C. ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING COOKIES

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. Cookies can be managed and deleted in your browser settings. When a setting prevents cookies from being stored, not all functions of the website may be able to be used in full.

D. THIRD PARTY COOKIES

This website also integrates content from third parties. These third parties may also deploy cookies during your visit to our website, for example providing them with information that you have visited one of our websites. For further information on third-party use of cookies, please visit the website of the third party.

4. LOG FILES

Our systems automatically gather some anonymous information about visitors, including IP addresses, browser type, language, and the times and dates of webpage visits.  The data collected does not include personally identifiable information and is used, as described above, for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, to fix any errors, and to protect our website from threats such as DDOS attacks.

5. NEWSLETTER

You have the option of subscribing to our Newsletter via our website, in which case we require your email address, first name and surname as well as your consent to the Newsletter subscription.
Once you have registered for the Newsletter, we will send you a confirmation email with a link to confirm your registration.
You can cancel the Newsletter subscription at any time, either using a link in the Newsletters themselves or by emailing us at newsletter@summeracademy.at. We will then promptly delete your data associated with sending out the Newsletter.
To send out our Newsletter we use the Mailchimp newsletter service. Mailchimp is a member of the Certified Senders Alliance. We send the data collected via the form to Mailchimp solely for the purpose of sending out our Newsletter. Mailchimp stores your data in such a way that other Mailchimp customers or third parties have no access to that data. For more detailed information please refer to Mailchimp’s Data Policies (mailchimp.com/legal/privacy).

6. DATA PROTECTION

Your data security is our highest priority. Our declared aim is to take all necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of data processing and to process your personal data in such a way that they are protected from access by unauthorised third parties. Through the use of state-of-the-art security software, coding and encryption methods our IT infrastructure meets the highest international security standards. For the transmission and storage of personal data, encryption procedures and access control systems of the applicable standards are used in order to protect these from unauthorized access as best as possible.
The data categories are only stored for as long as necessary for the purposes as described or otherwise to comply with legal or regulatory requirements that are applicable to us. We are taking measures to destroy or permanently anonymize personal data categories when they are no longer needed.

7. RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS

The data protection rules now in force accord you the following rights:
• You may at any time, upon providing proof of your identity, request information about the data regarding your person that we process (initial requests are free of charge, whereas follow-up requests may entail an obligatory fee in certain cases);
• You may at any time request the correction of out-of-date or incorrect information regarding your person and/or demand that your data be deleted;
• You may at any time object to the use of your personal information on account of special personal interests for the protection of which confidentiality is warranted.
• You may request that your information be transferred to third parties insofar as this is compatible with applicable data protection laws.

All requests concerning the actions mentioned above will be completed without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request. That period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. We shall inform the data subject of any such extension within one month of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay. Where the data subject makes the request by electronic form means, the information shall be provided by electronic means where possible, unless otherwise requested by the data subject.

CONTACT

Salzburg International
Summer Academy of Fine Arts
P.O. Box 527, 5010 Salzburg
T: +43 (0)662 842113-14
F: +43 (0)662 849638
E: office@summeracademy.at
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