Legal Notice & Privacy

General Information About the Website

You can access the legal notice (Impressum) for echonet communication GmbH here on the group website; this notice applies to all our online presences operating under the "echonet" brand or managed by echonet. There, you will find contact persons as well as the full legal notice, including details on shareholdings and all other necessary information.

Full Legal Notice for echonet communication GmbH, 1010 Vienna

Your Rights as a Data Subject

You may exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (see contact details below):

• Access to information regarding the data we store about you and how it is processed (in accordance with the record of processing activities)
• Correction of incorrect or inaccurate personal data
• Deletion of data we have stored about you
• Restriction of the processing of your data (provided we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to statutory retention obligations)

Objection to the processing of your data by us

Data portability, provided you have consented to the data processing or have entered into a contract with us.
If you have granted us your consent, you may revoke it at any time with effect for the future—again, by using the contact details provided below.

Furthermore, you may lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority at any time. The competent supervisory authority is determined by the country and, where applicable, the federal state or district of your place of residence, your place of work, or the location of the alleged infringement of your data protection rights.

Purposes of Data Processing

We process your personal data solely for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those specified. We do not pass your personal data on to third parties at all, with the exception of the following circumstances:

• You have given us your express consent to do so. (Reference: GDPR Article 6, Paragraph 1, lit. a)
• Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you. (Reference: GDPR Article 6, Paragraph 1, lit. b & f)
• Example: When ordering a domain registration, your data must be forwarded to the registry for the specific domain extension, as you will be listed there as the domain holder.
• Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation. (Reference: GDPR Article 6, Paragraph 1, lit. b & f)
• Example: Obligation to provide information to government authorities or courts.
• Alternatively: Processing is necessary to safeguard legitimate interests, and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data.

Deletion or blocking of data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We therefore store your personal data only for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as required by the various statutory retention periods. Once the respective purpose ceases to apply or these periods expire, the corresponding data is routinely blocked/encrypted to render it unreadable or deleted, in accordance with legal regulations.

Collection of general information when visiting our website

When you access our website, general information is automatically collected via a cookie. This information (including server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, and other technical information. However, it is not possible to draw conclusions about your identity from this data.

This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver the web content you have requested and is inevitably generated when using the internet. They are processed for the following purposes in particular:

Ensuring the seamless use of our website

Evaluating system security and stability, as well as for other (administrative) purposes
The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest in the aforementioned purposes for data collection. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your identity. The data is received only by the controller and, where applicable, by data processors with whom we have a corresponding data processing agreement in place.

We may statistically analyze anonymous information of this kind in order to optimize our website and improve its usability.

Cookies

We use "cookies." Cookies are text files transferred from a website server to your hard drive—specifically to an area managed by your browser software. This allows us to automatically collect certain data, such as your IP address, the browser used, your operating system, and your internet connection details. The information contained in cookies helps us facilitate navigation and ensures our websites display correctly.

Under no circumstances is data from cookies passed on to third parties—either manually or automatically—or used in a way that would allow third parties to access it.

Of course, you can generally view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are typically configured to accept cookies by default. You can usually disable the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please consult your internet browser's help function to learn how to change these settings. However, please note that if you reject our cookies, certain areas of the website that rely on them may no longer function correctly.

Provision of paid services

To provide paid services, we request additional data—such as payment details—to enable us to process your order. (See "Purposes of data processing.") We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (SSL) via HTTPS. This process encrypts data transmission between the browser on your device and our web server.

External systems

The echonet communication website utilizes certain external systems. While the use of such systems is typically optional, we have decided to operate them ourselves to remain independent of external providers. This gives us control over the data used within these systems and allows us to rule out the export of such data outside the European Union. In compliance with the GDPR, systems deployed on the echonet website do not utilize marketing or third-party cookies. Transmitted data—and any cookies required by the services for technical functionality—remain within echonet’s own systems, as these services are wholly owned by echonet and operated by us for both our own purposes and those of echonet clients.

Statistics collection: meteostats

• Owner & Operator: echonet communication GmbH
• Data transfer to third parties: No
• Software used: meteostats (based on Matomo Analytics)
• Server location / Physical data location: Vienna (AT)
• Server address: www.meteostats.eu

Video streaming: meteotube

• Owner & Operator: echonet communication GmbH
• Data transfer to third parties: No
• Software used: meteotube (based on PeerTube)
• Server location / Physical data location: Nuremberg (DE)
• Server address: www.meteotube.eu

Maps: meteostreets

• Owner & Operator: echonet communication GmbH
• Data transfer to third parties: No
• Software used: meteostreets (based on OpenStreetMap / OSM)
• Server location / Physical data location: Nuremberg (DE), Helsinki (FI)
• Server address: www.meteostreets.eu

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to ensure it remains compliant with current legal requirements or to reflect changes in our services (e.g., the introduction of new services). The updated privacy policy will apply to any subsequent visits you make. Last update of the privacy policy: 2025-03-08 11:45 (CET)

Privacy notice for Google AdSense

Privacy policy for the use of Google AdSense
Our website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Type of data processed

Google AdSense uses "cookies"—text files stored on your computer—that enable an analysis of your use of the website. So-called "web beacons" (small, invisible graphics) are also used. These allow for the evaluation of information such as visitor traffic on our pages.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons regarding the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertisements is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Purpose of processing

Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website in relation to advertisements, to compile reports on website activity for us, and to provide other services associated with website and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law or where third parties process this data on Google's behalf.

Legal basis and consent

The use of Google AdSense is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent or change your settings at any time via our cookie banner.

Right to object and deletion

You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly (e.g., Do-Not-Track, deactivation of third-party cookies). However, please note that doing so may prevent you from making full use of all the functions of this website.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above.

Transfer to third countries

Data may be transferred to the USA. Google commits to complying with Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an adequate level of data protection.

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