Data Privacy Statement

Data Privacy Policy – Research Group Social Partnership Website

The Johannes Kepler University Linz (hereinafter referred to as the “JKU”) informs you herewith about processing your personal information (more precisely: personal information relating to you) in the context of Art. 4 (1) as outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”) which is protected by applicable data protection law.1  As defined in Art. 4 (2) of GDPR, processing in particular means collecting, recording, and storing personal information by using – or not using – an automated (technical) procedure.

I. Contact Information and Scope of Application

The person responsible for data processing under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on this website is the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, datenschutz(at)jku.at

Contact the Data Protection Officer at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU): Office of Data Protection, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, datenschutz(at)jku.at

This data protection declaration applies to the Research Group Social Partnership website which can be accessed under the domain https://www.socialpartnerresearch.eu/ (hereinafter referred to as “website”).

II. SSL and/or TLS Encryption

Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons as well as to protect the transmission of confidential content you send to the site operator. This means that third parties cannot read data that you submit via this website. You will see an encrypted connection in the “https://” address line in your browser and the padlock symbol in the browser line.

III. Individual Processing Operation

A. Server Log Files

When accessing the website, the following information in particular is automatically collected for required technical reasons: IP address, date and time of visit, browser used, information about how the website was reached (‘referrer’ URL).

This information is stored in so-called “server log files”and are necessary for providing the website service requested by accessing the website.

The data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). The legitimate interest is justified by the fact that the processing of the described data is essential for the presentation, stability, and security of the website.

Without providing the above-mentioned data, it may not be possible to access the website.

B. Members of the Social Partnership Research Group

For the purpose of introducing the members of the Social Partnership Working Group, the website provides information on their professional orientation, specializations and publications as well as their official contact details (first and last name, email address, university/institutional affiliation) for the purpose of establishing contact.

The legal basis for the publication of the above-mentioned personal information is legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The legal basis to publish Social Partnership Working Group Members photos on the website is (implicit) consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent that has already been given can be revoked at any time. The legalities of data processing operations carried out up to the point consent is revoked remains unaffected after revoking consent.

C. E-Mail Contact 

In the event that you contact us via the provided e-mail addresses of members on the website, the personal data transmitted with your e-mail will be processed.

Your information will not be passed on to third parties. The information will be used exclusively to process your inquiry or request.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data transmitted when contacting us by e-mail is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The personal data processed during the course of e-mail communication will be deleted after final clarification of facts. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

IV. Cookies

The website https://www.socialpartnerresearch.eu/  uses cookies. Cookies are text files stored on your end device and remain there partly even after you have finished using the website. In principle, cookies are used to offer users additional features on a website. Cookies cannot access, read or change any other data on the end device.

The legal basis to process personal data using necessary technical and functional cookies is the legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f).

V. Storage Period

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using additional cookies is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

The storage or processing of the personal data of the data subject is carried out for the duration of the statutory retention periods and in accordance with the criteria established for the storage period, such as currency and relevance with regard to the purposes defined for the respective data processing, or until revoked or objected by the data subject.

VI. Information about Data Subject Rights

The GDPR provides the following rights opposite those responsible (see Pt. I. Contact Details and Scope of Application):

  • Right to access information
  • Right to rectification and erasure
  • Right to restrict processing
  • Right to object
  • Right to data portability

VII. Information about the Data Protection Authority

In addition, the data subject may lodge a complaint to the Austrian Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna, Ph.: + 43 1 52 152-0, E-mail: dsb(at)dsb.gv.at.

Last update: March 2023

  1. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 by the European Parliament and Council on April 27, 2016 regarding the protection of individuals when processing personal data, the free movement of data, and the repeal of Directive 95/46 / EC (GDPR); Federal Law on the Protection of Natural Persons when Processing Personal Data (DSG), Federal Law Gazette I No. 165/1999, last update Federal Law Gazette I No. 14/2019; Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and Council of April 27, 2016, to protect individuals with regard to the processing personal data by competent authorities for the purpose of preventing, investigating, detecting or prosecuting criminal offenses or executing sentences and the free movement of data and to repeal Council Framework Decision 2008/977 / JHA (the data protection directive for justice and national affairs), implemented in §§ 36-61 DSG. ↩︎