Data protection has a high priority for AVL List GmbH (“We”, “Us”, “Our”). We respect your privacy. Our Privacy Policy governs the use of personal information collected on the FEDERATE website during registration to Open Software-defined vehicle of the future forum, subscription of newsletters and invitations to FEDERATE events as well as the personal information collected via the Contact Form. We know that you care about which information about you is used and stored. We strictly observe the legal provisions and regulations applicable to us when processing your Personal Data and we are committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for all our users. This FEDERATE Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the in-formation you provide. It explains how we handle your personal information and how you can access and update your preferences.
Data Controllers
The data controller of the data collected through the means provided in this website is AVL List GmbH (hereinafter “AVL”), with address at Hanz-List-Platz 1, Graz 8020, Austria.
If you have any questions about the processing of personal information, you can contact us through the following means of contact:
Email: [email protected]
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT DATA WE COLLECT
We collect “Non-Personal Data” but also “Personal Data”.
Personal Data include, for example, your email, contact and company address information etc. that you provide us (e.g. via the contact form on federate-sdv.eu).
Non-Personal Data include all information that cannot be used to identify you as a person, such as usage data, generic demographic information, landing page hit rates referring to our website pages or URLs. When Non-Personal Data is being linked to Personal Data it becomes Personal Data.
AREAS OF THE FEDERATE WEBSITE
Information about the collection of Personal Data when you visit the FEDERATE website
Anyone may visit the public areas of the FEDERATE website https://federate-sdv.eu without disclosing his or her name, address, etc. Such information is only requested by FEDERATE if needed to fulfill requests you may have (such as registering, subscribing to a newsletter, registering for an event, etc.).
If you use our website for informational purposes only and for as long as you do not provide us with any information about you, we only collect data that is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure its stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Such data are:
- IP address of the accessing computer
- Date and time of retrieval
- URL of the retrieved page
- Status message as to whether the retrieval was successful
- Transmitted amount of data
- The referrer URL from which the user came to the retrieved page
- HTTP user agent information (i.e. information about the accessing device, its operating system, and its browser)
- information stored in Cookies we have set
- log files we have created to be able to describe an event that has occurred during your visit (e.g. acceptance of Terms of Use).
- Information about the collection of Personal Data when you register on our website
Information about the collection of Personal Data when you email us or fill in a form
When you contact us by email, through a form on our website (such as the registration form for the participation to an event), or through other areas on the website made available to you to fill information, the information you provide (your email address and, if applicable, your first name and last name, plus information explicitly asked for, or further information you provide us with) will be stored by us to answer your questions, to process transactions that you have requested and to pass on information about FEDERATE (legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
PRIVACY AND TRUST GO HAND-IN-HAND. BOTH ARE VALUABLE TO US.
Responsible Body (“Controller”)
The body responsible for the website you are visiting and for the privacy aspects of this website (collection, processing and use of your Personal Data) in accordance with Art. 4 para. 7 GDPR and its contact details are mentioned in the imprint (individually designated for country pages).
You can reach us via email at: [email protected]
Your Rights as a Data Subject
You have the right to access according to Art. 15 GDPR, rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR, erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR, restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR, and – if applicable – data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR.
Where we use your Personal Data based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR you further have the right to object against our use of your Personal Data. We then shall no longer process such Personal Data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms. If you want to exercise your right to object in such a scenario, please contact us at: [email protected].
Where we process your Personal Data on the basis of your consent, you can revoke that consent at any time. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the con-sent prior to the revocation. If you want to withdraw your consent, please contact us at: [email protected].
For your safety and ours, we may need to authenticate your identity before fulfilling your request.
STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Retention of your Personal Data
In order to offer you the best customer experience, we are storing the Personal Data that have been provided by you during your interactions with FEDERATE.
We delete data after the storage is no longer required. For tracking information acquired through our Newsletters see below (“Newsletter Tracking”). We may need to keep data on file beyond that period if statutory retention rules require us to do so. In such scenarios, we will restrict the processing to what is needed to fulfil the statutory retention rules.
Deletion of Your Personal Data
FEDERATE will provide you with information about what Personal Data of yours we store. You can get information about your stored data at any time, and you may assert your right to correct information, or to delete your data. If you wish to do so, please contact us via [email protected].
Security Measures we Apply When Holding Your Data
Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, FEDERATE makes appropriate effort to protect Personal Data against accidental and illegal destruction and loss. FEDERATE endeavours to ensure that Personal Data is used in a proper manner and to protect it from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a combination of process, technology and physical security controls to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN FEDERATE MARKETING AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES
General
We may use your information for the following marketing purposes (legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR):
- Sending interest-related newsletters
- Inviting you to events and webinars
- Informing you about the latest product and software releases, product recommendations, market trends/insights and promotions
- Inviting you to participate in surveys in order to help us to improve our communication and communication platforms
- Provide you with emails containing updates about technical developments and similar information.
- Sometimes, we may ask you for your consent with respect to our promotional endeavours (legal basis then is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
Opting-out from Our Communications
You can always unsubscribe from FEDERATE by clicking unsubscribe directly in the Newsletter/ Information mail you registered for. Your request will be processed immediately. You then will automatically be unsubscribed from all further information such as event, webinar, etc.
Where we process your Personal Data on the basis of your consent you can revoke that consent at any time. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the con-sent prior to the revocation. If you want to withdraw your consent, please contact us at: [email protected].
Newsletter Tracking
When sending out newsletters we use so-called web beacons or tracking pixels. A web beacon or a tracking pixel is a one-pixel image file embedded within the newsletter message, served to you from a remote server when you open the newsletter message. We use these to evaluate your user behavior. For this, the following information are linked to your email address and an individual ID:
(i) email delivered or not
(ii) email opened or not
(iii) timestamps
(iv) links clicked
(v) content viewed.
This data is used to create a user profile to better align the newsletter with your interests. In this way, FEDERATE can better understand the extent to which our offers are of interest to you. We record when you read our newsletter and on which links you click. This data is also linked to your activities on our website.
COOKIES
We are using cookies on our website. For more information, please visit https://federate-sdv.eu/cookie-policy/
ANALYTICS
We may use Google Analytics or similar services on our website. These are services provided by third parties, which may be located in any country worldwide (in the case of Google Analytics Google LLC is in the U.S., www.google.com) and which allow us to measure and evaluate the use of our website (on an anonymized basis). For this purpose, permanent cookies are used, which are set by the service provider. The service provider does not receive your personal data from us (and does not retain IP addresses), but the service provider may track your use of our website, combine this information with data from other websites you have visited, which are also tracked by the respective service provider and may use this information for its own purposes (e.g. for targeting advertisements). If you have registered with the ser-vice provider, the service provider will also know your identity, based on the information you provided to it. In this case, the processing of your personal data by the service provider will be conducted in accordance with its data protection regulations. The service provider only provides us with data on the use of our website (but not any personal information of you).