Summary of our privacy policy

We have summarized the most important aspects of our privacy policy for you. Please note that only the complete version (as of June 2024) is legally binding. If you have any questions about the processing of your data, please contact our data protection officer.

Responsible party

Owner and publisher is:

Volt Austria

Stiftgasse 10/1

1070 Vienna

It has the following legal form in accordance with the Political Parties Act:

Political party in Austria

Represented here by the Executive Board:

Jessica Sommer, Ricardo Winter, Tim Schöneberg

Contact:

If you have any questions about the processing of your data, please contact [email protected]

Processing activities

💌 Sending out information Support declaration phase

As part of the UE database, we only process and use your data for information purposes for Collecting signatures to participate in elections in Austria. In order to keep you informed and to be able to contact you at local and national level (where you live, according to the information you provide us with), we will contact you electronically (by email) or by post. In the event that you have provided us with your telephone number, you may also be called by us. We will not contact you for any other purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR).

📩 Sending information and newsletters

To keep you informed about our activities and to be able to contact you at local and national level (where you live, according to the information you provide us with).

The legal basis for data processing is your consent (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR).

👥 Member administration

Admission of members: In order to check whether you meet the requirements for membership in accordance with our statutes and to register you as a member of our organization, we process your data on the basis of legal requirements (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. d) GDPR).

We process your data in the context of our legitimate activities as a party and due to your membership status in our organization on the basis of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. d) GDPR.

Payments from and to the Volt Austria party

It is possible to support Volt with a donation. Third parties such as PayPal or Stripe can be intermediaries of this transaction and act as their own controllers in this regard.

PayPal

When paying with PayPal (Europe), S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg, the bank details you have deposited with PayPal will be used by PayPal for payment. We have no access to this data. You can access PayPal's privacy policy via the following link https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Data processing is carried out on the basis of appropriate guarantees by us as a political organization (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. d) GDPR).

Stripe

When paying with Stripe, 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, the bank details you provide to Stripe are used by Stripe for payment. We have no access to this data. You can access Stripe's privacy policy via the following link https://stripe.com/en-de/privacy#translation

Data processing is carried out on the basis of appropriate guarantees by us as a political organization (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. d) GDPR).

Donation management

Volt uses donor data management services to manage incoming donations.

The data processing is carried out on the basis of suitable guarantees by us as a political organization (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. d) GDPR).

Cookies

Like many other websites, we use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

Technically necessary cookies

When you access the voltoesterreich.org website, the following information is automatically logged by the web server

IP address of the requesting computer;

Date and time of the request;

Access method/function requested by the requesting computer;

input values transmitted by the requesting computer (e.g. file name);

Information about the software used for the request (e.g. operating system, browser, etc.)

Access status of the web server (file transferred, file not found, command not executed, etc.);

Name of the requested file and

URL from which the file was requested/the desired function was initiated.

The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR). Our legitimate interests are ensuring IT security and guaranteeing the operation of our website.

Adobe Web Fonts

We use Adobe Typekit to display fonts on our website. Adobe Typekit is a service that provides access to a font library and is provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe). When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. In the course of providing the Typekit service, no cookies are placed or used to provide the fonts. To provide the Typekit service, Adobe may collect information about the font that is used to identify the website itself and the associated Typekit account.

Further information can be found on the Adobe Typekit privacy information page and in Adobe's privacy policy.

Social Media-Plug Ins

The processing of users' personal data is based on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR) in effectively informing members and interested parties and communicating with them.

For a detailed description of the respective processing and the opt-out options, please refer to the information provided by the providers linked below.

In the case of requests for information and the assertion of user rights, we would also like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the user's data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can contact us.

Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland), Facebook pages based on an agreement on joint processing of personal data - Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads and http://www.youronlinechoices.com, Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active.

Google/ YouTube (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland) - Datenschutzerklärung: https://policies.google.com/privacy, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated, Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

Instagram (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA) - Datenschutzerklärung/Opt-Out: https://de-de.facebook.com/help/instagram/155833707900388

Twitter (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) - Datenschutzerklärung, Opt-Out, Privacy Shield: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

Storage period

We store your data on servers that are managed by Volt Austria or our contract processors in the IT sector. Appropriate safeguards and legal, technical and organizational measures have been put in place to ensure the security of your data.

Your data will be stored for as long as you are a supporter, volunteer or party member of Volt Austria. If you terminate your connection to Volt, we will delete your data immediately, unless we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. due to laws or court orders) or entitled to continue storing your data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Your rights

Objection to advertising

You can object to the use of your data for advertising purposes without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. The data protection officer is available for this purpose.

Revocation of consent

You can withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future. Right to object to processing in the public interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. e) GDPR) or a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR)

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of the public interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. e) GDPR) or a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR), which is carried out on the basis of the following provisions:

Art 6 para. 1 p.1 lit. e) GDPR: Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller or Art 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR: Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

Further rights

You have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller with regard to your stored personal data

Right of access by the data subject pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR

Right to rectification Art. 16 GDPR

Right to erasure Art. 17 GDPR

Right to restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR

Notification obligation pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR

Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR

Right to withdraw consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.

Privacy policy of Volt Austria