Policy on data protection and data security

Generally, it is possible to visit our website without giving any personal details. Only information provided voluntarily to us will be used for the purpose you have given us the data (e.g. for answering a question you raised in the feedback form). Your data will not be transferred to third parties without your express consent and treated with utmost confidentiality.

The use and processing of personal information will be handled in line with the Austrian data protection law.

When you visit our website, or indeed any other website, certain data is automatically stored. To this extent, the name of your Internet service provider, the pages you visit, the website from which you have visited us and the date and duration of your visit will be stored. Your privacy and right to confidentiality are protected as individual users remain anonymous.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Disable Google Analytics

Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/policies/. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

You are entitled to object the use of your data for purposes of advertising or of market- or opinion research at any time. Furthermore you have the right of access to stored personal information. Should you want to make use of either or both of these rights, please inform us per e-mail to: info@vangraaf.com or send us a letter to VAN GRAAF, Am Heumarkt 7,  A-1030 Vienna.

VAN GRAAF feels responsible for protecting your privacy in the Internet. We take great care to update our Internet pages in accordance with the latest technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal details from illicit use or distribution to third parties.

Please e-mail us your questions and comments concerning data protection. The content of our policy statement may be updated from time to time in accordance with developments on the Internet. In order to find out about the latest position on security, you are advised to consult the content of these pages on a regular basis.