We attach great importance to the protection of your data. In order to fully inform you about the use of personal data, we ask you to take note of the following data protection information.

Scope

This privacy policy applies to all training, courses, examinations, events, bookings and measures (hereinafter referred to as courses or events) organised by !Biku GmbH& Co KG, !Biku International GmbH and !Biku MTI Mag. Flatschart KG and for which personal data is processed.

Person responsible for data processing and contact details

!Biku GmbH& Co KG
!Biku International GmbH
!Biku MTI Mag. Flatschart KG
Schneckgasse 14
3100 St. Pölten
Tel: 02742/77561-0
Email: office@biku.at

Information on data collection

Your personal data is collected by us electronically and, in connection with the fulfilment of legal and contractual obligations towards you as a course participant, only directly from you or via your employer if he/she registers you for a course or event. We collect your personal data either in connection with the preparation of cost estimates, registration for our courses or events, to make bookings, take out travel insurance or in connection with our newsletters. These are the following types of data: title, first name and surname, occupation, social security number, delivery address (office and/or home address), any different billing address, landline/mobile phone number, fax number, e-mail address, passport details. If necessary, additional information on catering requirements and allergies (insofar as this is necessary for the booking/accommodation and catering of customers). For registrations via companies, the company name, contact person(s) including contact details are also recorded.

Information regarding the purpose of data processing

We process the above types of data in fully or partially automated form, to the extent necessary in each case for the following purposes Preparation of cost estimates

Information of interested parties and customers about our offers and events by e-mail and by post
Organisation (including registration/booking confirmations,
Organisation (including registration/booking confirmations, cancellation letters, information on remaining places and inclusion in a list of participants together with their handover to the participants of the respective course or group), implementation, documentation (including course attendance confirmations) and invoicing of the courses and events (including invoicing, reminders and any further steps required for collection);
Fulfilment of legal documentation and transmission obligations to third parties, in particular in connection with tax and duties as well as in connection with the settlement of subsidies necessary data (in particular name, address, social security number, course data, passport data) to the respective authorities/institutions
Fulfilment of any reporting obligations towards interested parties and course participants in the event of a breach of data protection.

Information regarding consent and withdrawal of consent

By registering/booking for events or courses, you have given us a declaration of consent regarding data processing and data use. You can revoke this consent at any time and in any form (office@biku.at). If you have provided us with an email address, we will send mailings in connection with the organisation, implementation and, if applicable, documentation of the course or event - until revoked - by electronic mail to the email address and, if applicable, mobile phone number provided to us. We will also use the e-mail address you have provided to us - until further notice - to inform you about our courses and other events by means of a newsletter. This is exclusively subject to the condition that we have received the relevant address data directly from you in connection with the registration for the provision of our services and that, despite our information about your right to object at any time, you have not objected to this form of mailing either at the time of collection of your personal data or at a later date. In addition, we also give you as the addressee of the newsletter the opportunity to object to office@biku.at each time we send you the newsletter. A revocation has no effect on the legality of the use of the data concerned up to this point in time.

Transfer of personal data to third parties

All personal data is processed by us confidentially and using appropriate data security measures. Disclosure of personal data of course participants and customers to third parties takes place exclusively for the fulfilment of contractual obligations to external service providers (tour operators, travel insurance, service providers) as well as for the fulfilment of legal obligations in the tax and duty system, in connection with subsidies to funding bodies and only to the extent necessary for this purpose (invoice or bank data, name, address, social security number, etc.). Bank data, name, address, social security number, course data) and for the issue of external examination certificates.

Storage period

We will delete the personal data of course participants and customers of the course attendance confirmations and certificates issued by us as soon as this data is no longer required for the fulfilment of the above-mentioned purposes and for our own purposes.

Right to object & data erasure

If a course participant objects only to the processing of individual categories of data relating to him/her (e.g. e-mail address) for the purpose of direct information about our courses and other events or if he/she withdraws consent to a specific form of sending/information for such purposes, this will be complied with immediately - insofar as this is technically possible - by limiting the processing accordingly. If a course participant or customer requests the deletion of his/her data, this will be done immediately, provided that there are no contractual or legal obligations to the contrary. We will inform the course participant immediately about the measure taken.

Right to information & complaint

All course participants and customers have the right to information about the personal data concerning him/her which we are currently processing and - if applicable in individual cases - to correction of incorrect data, to restriction of processing or to deletion of any unlawfully processed data. In the event of a violation of the aforementioned rights, course participants have the option of lodging a complaint with the data protection authority.

Personal data
Personal data that you transmit electronically on this website, such as your name, email address, address or other personal details, will only be used by us for the purpose stated in each case, stored securely and not passed on to third parties. The provider automatically collects and stores information on the web server such as the browser used, operating system, referring page, IP address, time of access, etc. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person without checking other data sources and we do not analyse this data further as long as there is no illegal use of our website.

Form data
When website visitors leave form entries, the data entered and their IP addresses are stored. This is done for security reasons in case someone posts illegal content (insults, left-wing or right-wing extremist propaganda, hate posts, etc.). In this case, we re interested in the identity of the author.

Cookies
Cookies are small files that enable this website to store specific user-related information on the visitor's computer while our website is being visited. Cookies help us to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of our website, as well as to make our offers convenient and efficient for you. We use session cookies, which are only stored temporarily for the duration of your use of our website, and permanent cookies to store information about visitors who repeatedly access our website. The purpose of using these cookies is to provide optimal user guidance, to recognise visitors and to be able to present the most attractive website and interesting content for repeat users. The content of a permanent cookie is limited to an identification number. Name, IP address etc. are not stored. An individual profile of your usage behaviour is not created. It is also possible to use our website without cookies. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict them to certain websites or set your web browser (Chrome, IE, Firefox, ...) to notify you as soon as a cookie is sent. You can also delete cookies from your PC's hard drive at any time. Please note, however, that in this case you must expect a limited display of the page and limited user guidance.

Data protection declaration for the use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory 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 truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. 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. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de. Please note that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps to display map information. When Google Maps is used, Google also collects, processes and uses data about the use of the Maps functions by visitors to the website. You can find more information about data processing by Google in Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.at/intl/de/policies/privacy/  entnehmen. You can also change your settings there in the data protection centre so that you can manage and protect your data.