Data protection

1. PREAMBLE

With the following data protection declaration we would like to inform you about the type, scope and purposes of the collection, processing and use of personal data when using the website operated by Liquid Signature GmbH, Untere Augartenstrasse 22-24/3, 1020 Vienna (hereinafter referred to as “Liquid Signature”) qqq.liquid-signature.com and the services offered there (e.g. apps). Liquid Signature cares about your trust and the protection of your personal information. We would therefore like to show you transparently how and why your data is used. By storing, processing and using personal data, we want to provide you with a user-friendly, good, customer-oriented and secure service.

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string https:// and the lock symbol in your browser bar. The processing of this data is justified by our legitimate interest in operating our website (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

2 PERSONAL DATA

Personal data is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes your name, your email address and your IP address. Depending on the extent to which you use the services we offer, different data is collected, stored, processed and used in connection with contact, inquiry, placing certain products in the virtual shopping cart, registration and/or purchase.

3 DATA PROVIDED BY THE USER

We use data that you actively provide when registering for our services or using our services, such as when sending an inquiry, registering your customer account or during a purchasing process, for the purpose of providing our services in accordance with the contract, that you would like to use, the data you provided. This data may include: first and last name, email address, telephone number, home address and other information that you submit as part of an order for the purpose of purchasing. For some payment methods, we require the necessary payment data in order to pass it on to a payment service provider commissioned by us. The data entered in the ordering process will be processed for the purpose of fulfilling the contract. If you send us an inquiry by email, via a contact form, etc. before concluding the contract, we will process the data received in this way to carry out pre-contractual measures and, for example, answer your questions about our products. If you open a customer account, your data (in particular name, address, payment method, email and password) will be processed to register and create a customer login. With the saved data you can shop with us more quickly and view the orders you have placed at any time. You can remove the account again by sending a message to us or using the delete function.

4 SERVER LOG FILES

When you visit, certain data transmitted by your web browser is automatically stored by our servers. The log files created from this contain data such as your IP address, the URL and landing page, the time, type and number of requests, the amount of data transferred, the date, time and duration of individual accesses, your browser type and, if applicable, other similar information. The collection and use of the information stored in the log files only serves the anonymized evaluation for statistical purposes (e.g. to analyze user behavior) and subsequently to improve our services.

5 COOKIES

Liquid Signature uses technically necessary cookies on this website. This is small text information that is stored on your computer. Cookies enable you to speed up navigation on our website, adapt it to your needs and interests and prevent misuse of the services. These cookies enable, for example, the insertion of several products into a shopping cart. As soon as you connect to our website again, our server can identify your computer in this way, so that you do not have to log in every time you visit our website.

Liquid Signature uses so-called session cookies, which are deleted when you close your web browser because they only contain information that was necessary for a visit to Liquid Signature.

In addition to session cookies, we may also use so-called permanent cookies. As part of the service, these make it possible to receive and offer you your personal settings or advertisements over a longer period of time (depending on the respective service). Permanent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser's security settings.

Our legitimate interest is the functionality of our website. The user data collected through technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles. This protects your interest in data protection. If you do not want these cookies to be stored, please deactivate the acceptance of these cookies in your internet browser. You can also delete permanently stored cookies at any time via your browser. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all functions of the website.

6 GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 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 operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of our website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of our website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by deactivating the browser information available under the following link. Download and install plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

7 META

These websites use plugins from the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Meta Platforms Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). If you access websites on our website that contain such a plugin, a connection will be established to the Facebook servers and the plugin will be displayed on the website by notifying your browser. This sends information to the Facebook server about which of our websites you have visited. If you are logged in as a Facebook member, Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When you use the plugin functions (e.g. clicking the “Like” button, leaving a comment), this information is also assigned to your Facebook account, which you can only prevent by logging out before using the plugin. Further information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information. If you do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our website, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

8 NEWSLETTERS

You have the option of registering for our newsletter. This requires you to enter your email address. You can object to us sending newsletters to the email address you provided at any time, for example by sending an email to office@liquid-signature.at with effect for the future.

9 DURATION OF DATA STORAGE

We will only retain your data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which we collected your data. In this context, legal retention obligations must be taken into account (for example, for tax reasons, contracts and other documents from our contractual relationship must generally be retained for a period of seven years (§ 132 BAO)). In justified individual cases, such as to assert and defend legal claims, we can also store your data for up to 30 years after the end of the business relationship. We store data from interested parties for up to three years from the time the interested party last contacted us.

10 YOUR RIGHTS

We would like to inform you that, provided the legal requirements are met:

  • You have the right to request information about which of your data is being processed by us (see Art 15 GDPR in detail).
  • You have the right to request the correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data concerning you (see in detail Art 16 GDPR).
  • You have the right to have your data deleted (see Art 17 GDPR in detail).
  • Have the right to restrict processing (see Art 18 GDPR in detail).
  • You have the right to object to processing of your data that is necessary to protect our legitimate interests or those of a third party. This applies in particular to the processing of your data for advertising purposes.
  • Have the right to receive the data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

If we process your data based on your consent, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time by email. This does not affect the legality of the data processing that has taken place up to this point (Article 7 Paragraph 3 GDPR).


11 RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA PROCESSING

Liquid Signature GmbH

Untere Augartenstrasse 22-24/3
1020 Vienna

Company register number: FN 571095

Contact: office@liquid-signature.at