Privacy Policy

Explanation of Data Protection Obligations

Protecting your personal data is of utmost importance to us. We process your data exclusively based on legal regulations (GDPR, TKG 2003). In this privacy policy, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within our website.

Contacting Us

If you contact us via the form on the website or via email, the data you provide will be stored for six months for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for possible follow-up questions. This data will not be shared with third parties without your consent.

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device using the browser. They do not cause any damage. We use cookies to make our offer user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. They allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. If you do not want this, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and allow this only in individual cases. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Web Analysis

Our website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics by Google LLC, Mountain View, California, USA, or Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Cookies are used to enable an analysis of the use of the website by your users. The information generated thereby is transmitted to the provider’s server and stored there. You can prevent this by setting your browser so that no cookies are stored. We have concluded a corresponding contract for order data processing with the provider. The data processing is based on the legal provisions of § 96 Abs 3 TKG and Art 6 Abs 1 lit a (consent) and/or f (legitimate interest) of the GDPR.

Newsletter

You have the option to subscribe to our newsletter via our website. For this, we need your email address and your declaration that you agree to receive the newsletter. To provide you with targeted information, we also collect and process voluntarily provided information on areas of interest, birthday, and postal code. Once you have subscribed to the newsletter, we will send you a confirmation email with a link to confirm your registration. You can cancel your subscription to the newsletter at any time. Please send your cancellation to the following email address: service@alpalink.at. We will then immediately delete your data in connection with the newsletter mailing. This revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent until the revocation.

Your Rights

You have the right to access, rectify, delete, restrict, transfer, revoke, and object to your data stored with us. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection rights have otherwise been violated, you can complain to us at service@alpalink.at or to the data protection authority.

Disclaimer

This website contains references to websites set up by third parties. We have no control over these websites and the information, goods, and services offered there and, therefore, accept no responsibility, on any legal grounds whatsoever, for the content of third-party websites.

You can reach us at the following contact details:

Alpalink GmbH

Fohrenburgstraße 4

6700 Bludenz

Austria

Tel: +43 (0)5552 20822

Email: service@alpalink.at

Website Analysis with Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service of Google LLC, based on user consent. The responsible entities are Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, for users from the EU/EEA and Switzerland. Google Analytics 4 practices IP anonymization by default, meaning your IP address is shortened immediately upon interacting with this website. Only in rare cases is your full IP transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google assures that the IP transmitted by Google Analytics is never combined with other Google data. Google Analytics 4 is activated only with your consent via the cookie banner and can be reversed at any time via the cookie settings.

The processed data includes: usage data such as page views, website interaction, general location, and visit duration; and communication data such as anonymized IP addresses, user agent, language settings, and screen resolution. The purpose of this data processing is for Google to evaluate your website usage, compile activity reports, and analyze website performance on your behalf. This data processing is legal based on your consent according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Abs. 1 S. 1 TTDSG.

Google Ireland Limited, Google LLC, and Alphabet Inc. are the recipients of this data. Your website usage information is typically sent to a Google server in the USA, an action legitimized by the recent adequacy decision of the European Commission on July 10, 2023, recognizing the certification of Google LLC under the EU-US Privacy Shield. Data linked to cookies is automatically deleted after a specific period, monthly for data that has reached its retention period, and up to 2 years for Google Analytics cookies.

For more information on Google Analytics terms of use and Google’s privacy policy, please visit https://policies.google.com and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362.

Google Analytics uses “cookies,” text files stored on the user’s computer, to help analyze how users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about the user’s use of this website (including the anonymized IP address) is generally transmitted to a Google server and stored there.

Google Analytics is used exclusively with the “_anonymizeIp()” extension on this website. This extension ensures the anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes a direct personal reference. The IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the corresponding browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

On behalf of the site operator, Google will use the collected information to evaluate the use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide other services related to website and internet use to the site operator (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR). The legitimate interest in data processing lies in optimizing this website, analyzing the use of the website, and adjusting the content. The users’ interests are sufficiently protected by the pseudonymization.

Google LLC is certified under the so-called Privacy Shield (list entry here) and ensures an adequate level of data protection on this basis. The transmitted data linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g., user ID), or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 50 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached occurs automatically once a month.

Users can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by adjusting the cookie settings for this website. The collection and storage of the IP address and data generated by cookies can also be objected to at any time with future effect. The corresponding browser plugin can be downloaded and installed from the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Users can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents future data collection when visiting this website.

For more information on Google’s data use, settings, and opt-out options, please refer to Google’s privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and the settings for displaying advertisements by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).