Privacy Policy
Information pursuant to Art. 13–14 GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG)
This is a convenience translation. The legally binding version is the German original.
1. Controller
Othmar Steinbauer Consulting e.U.
Bergstraße 12
3032 Eichgraben, Austria
Email: o t h m a r [at] o s [dash] c o n s u l t i n g [dot] a t
2. Principles of data processing
The protection of your personal data is important to us. We process personal data only in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), and the Telecommunications Act 2021 (TKG 2021).
This website is designed to be data-minimizing by intention. It uses no cookies, no tracking, no analytics tools, and no embedded third-party content. No fonts are loaded from external services (such as Google Fonts). There is no contact form and no comment functionality.
3. Server log files
When you visit this website, the hosting provider automatically collects information in server log files that your browser transmits. These may include:
- IP address of the requesting device
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the requested file
- Volume of data transferred
- Notification of whether the request was successful
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referrer URL (previously visited page)
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). Processing is necessary to ensure the technical operation and protection of the website against attacks.
Retention period: Log files are typically stored by the hosting provider for 14 days and then automatically deleted. Please refer to the hosting provider's privacy policy for further details.
4. Hosting
This website is hosted by:
World4You Internet Services GmbH
Wolfgang-Pauli-Straße 2, BT3, 4020 Linz, Austria
Privacy policy: www.world4you.com/unternehmen/datenschutzerklaerung
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in reliable and secure provision of the website). Where required, a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with the hosting provider.
5. Cookies
This website uses no cookies — neither technically necessary, nor analytical, nor marketing cookies. No data is stored in your browser.
6. External services and third parties
This website does not load any resources from external services. In particular, no external fonts (e.g. Google Fonts), no analytics or tracking services (e.g. Google Analytics), no social media plugins, and no embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos) are used. Therefore, no data is transferred to third parties through visiting this website.
7. Links to external websites
This website contains links to external websites (e.g. LinkedIn). When you click such a link, you leave this website. The respective operators are responsible for data processing on external websites. We recommend consulting the privacy policies of linked websites.
8. Your rights as a data subject
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Access (Art. 15 GDPR) — You have the right to know whether and which personal data we process about you.
- Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) — You may request the correction of inaccurate data.
- Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) — You may request the deletion of your data, provided no legal retention obligation exists.
- Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) — You may request the restriction of processing of your data.
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) — You have the right to receive your data in a commonly used format.
- Objection (Art. 21 GDPR) — You may object to the processing of your data at any time, insofar as the processing is based on legitimate interest.
To exercise your rights, please contact the email address stated above.
9. Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority:
Austrian Data Protection Authority
(Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde)
Barichgasse 40–42, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 52 152-0
Email: dsb@dsb.gv.at
Website: www.dsb.gv.at
As of: September 2026