Data Protection PolIcy

1) INTRODUCTION

We respect your privacy and will protect your personal information. Therefore, we process your data exclusively on the basis of the legal regulations (GDPR, Austrian Telekommunikations-Gesetz 2003). In this privacy policy we will inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within our website.

2) CONTACTING US

If you contact us via the form on our website or by e-mail, your data will be stored in order to be able to process the request and act in regards to further business activities. This information will not be shared with any third party outside of the HOT Energy Group without your explicit consent.

3) STORAGE AND USE OF DATA

For the purpose of simplifying the registration process for our training activities, the IP data of the subscriber is stored within the scope of cookies. Further registration-related information, e.g. name, company, address, job title, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card number (if payment is made via credit card) are stored as well. The data you provide are required to fulfil the contract and/or to carry out pre-contractual measures. Without this data we cannot conclude the contract with you.

A transfer of data to third parties outside of the HOT Energy Group does not take place, with the exception of the transmission of the credit card data to the processing bank / payment service provider for the purpose of debiting the purchase price, to our tax advisor to fulfil our tax obligations, and to our local representatives for the purpose of customer service. In order to fulfil the contract with you, your personal data will also be shared with the course instructor for administrational purposes.

After cancelling the registration process, the data stored with us during this process will be deleted.

In the case of a contract, all data from the contractual relationship are stored until the tax retention period (7 years) has expired. In the case of an active business relationship, the data might be stored longer than that.

We and our external, local representatives may use participant contact information (mail address, email, telephone, mobile number, fax) to provide course participants with updated information related to training courses or to inform (potential) participants regarding future training offers.

We reserve the right to film training sessions and take photos of course participants.

Furthermore, we reserve the right to use, edit or alter these photos and videos for internal and external publication online (e-mails, newsletters, social media platforms, websites of the HOT Energy Group, its affiliated companies, intranet, marketing presentations) and offline (company brochures, sales and/or product brochures, training guides and brochures, exhibition and trade fair appearances, marketing presentations, company profiles).

Data processing takes place on the basis of the statutory provisions of § 96 (3) TKG and Art. 6 (1) lit a (consent) and / or lit b (necessary for fulfillment of the contract) of the GDPR.

Our customer login area is designed to provide a secure platform for users to access and share files. When creating an account, users are required to provide their email address for authentication purposes. We take stringent measures to safeguard the information within this login area, but it’s important that you refrain from disclosing any sensitive personal data through this system, such as health data, social security numbers, religion, political opinions, etc. Our commitment to data privacy extends to this login area, and we adhere to all relevant regulations, including GDPR, to ensure the protection of user information.

4) COOKIES

Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device while using the browser and do not do any harm. We use cookies to make our offer user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device (until you delete them), which allows us to recognize your browser on your next visit. If you do not want this, you can set up your browser so that it informs you about the setting of cookies and you agree to this only in individual cases. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

5) WEB-ANALYSIS

Our website uses features of Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), located in the United States. For this purpose, cookies are used that allow an analysis of the use of the website by its users. The information generated thereby is transmitted to the server of the provider and stored there. You can prevent this by setting up your browser so that no cookies are stored.

We have concluded a corresponding data processing contract with the provider. However, in the event that IP anonymization is activated during the use of our website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there.

Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the websites, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting in your browser. However, in this case you may not be able to use all features of our website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

6) NEWSLETTER

Our website offers the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter. A newsletter subscription requires your e-mail address, your name, the name of the company you work for, and your approval to receive the newsletter.

You can unsubscribe at any time. Please send your cancellation to the following e-mail address: training@hoteng.com. Your data received in connection with the newsletter will be immediately deleted. Revoking your consent does not affect the legality of processing carried out prior to revocation.

7) YOUR RIGHTS

In principle, you have the rights to information, correction, deletion, restriction, data portability, revocation and opposition. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or if your data protection claims have otherwise been violated in a way, you can contact us or the data protection authority.

8) LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our websites contain links to other websites. The compliance with the relevant data protection regulations for these websites is the responsibility of the operators of the respective websites and is therefore outside our sphere of influence. We are therefore not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of these other websites.

9) YOU CAN REACH US VIA THE FOLLOWING CONTACT DETAILS:

The HOT Energy Group
HOT Engineering GmbH
(Headquarters)

Tel.: +43 3842 430 530
hot@hoteng.com

Do You have a Question?

Our data protection coordinator, Ms Laura Kratzer, can be reached by calling +43 3842 430 530 or via lkratzer@hoteng.com.

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