Privacy policy

This privacy policy will explain how English Speakers in Austria uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website. Our policy is based on the model available at gdpr.eu.

Topics:

What data do we collect?
How do we collect your data?
How will we use your data?
How do we store your data?
Marketing
What are your data protection rights?
What are cookies?
How do we use cookies?
What types of cookies do we use?
How to manage your cookies
Privacy policies of other websites
Changes to our privacy policy
How to contact us
How to contact the appropriate authorities

What data do we collect?

English Speakers in Austria collects the following data:

Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)
Birth year
Provinces of Austria you live and work in
Information which you share in our forums

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide English Speakers in Austria with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.
Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our forums or via email.
Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

English Speakers in Austria may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

[We currently collect no data from third party sources]

How will we use your data?

English Speakers in Austria collects your data so that we can:

Process your orders and manage your account.
Email you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.
Serve you with content that is best suited to you and your location.

If you agree, English Speakers in Austria will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.

[We currently have no partners with whom we share your data]

When English Speakers in Austria processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.

How do we store your data?

English Speakers in Austria securely stores your data on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides the online platform that allows us to offer our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com’ applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by the PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

English Speakers in Austria will keep your data for as long as you remain a member of our site. We will delete your personal data within 6 months of you terminating your membership. However any contributions made to the site, such as posts and comments, will be stored indefinitely since other related contributions will lose their context if these are removed.

Marketing

English Speakers in Austria would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies:

[We currently have no partner companies]

If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop English Speakers in Austria from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to our partner companies.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click here or email us.

What are your data protection rights?

Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request English Speakers in Austria for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that English Speakers in Austria correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request English Speakers in Austria to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that English Speakers in Austria erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that English Speakers in Austria restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to English Speakers in Austria’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that English Speakers in Austria transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: graham.crewe@englishspeakers.at

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

Keeping you signed in
Understanding how you use our website

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

Functionality – English Speakers in Austria uses these cookies so that we recognise you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Advertising – English Speakers in Austria uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. English Speakers in Austria sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

The englishspeakers.at website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

English Speakers in Austria keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 4 December 2022.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about English Speakers in Austria’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: graham.crewe@englishspeakers.at

Call us: +43 699 1718 3120

Or write to us at: Gaisbergstrasse 44F, 4020 Salzburg, Austria

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that English Speakers in Austria has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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