Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
We process your personal data exclusively in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
1. Data Controller
Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG
Dorotheergasse 17, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 515 60-0
Fax: +43 1 515 60-443
Email: pignus.secretariat@pignus.org
2. Purpose of the Website
This website provides information about PIGNUS – International Association of Collateral Loan and Social Credit Institutions, including its activities, events, content, and other communications.
3. Visit the website
When you visit this website, the web server processes data that is technically necessary. This may include, in particular, the following data:
IP address
Date and time of access
Pages and files accessed
Browser type and version
Operating system
Referrer URL
Notifications of successful or failed access attempts
We process this data for the purpose of ensuring the secure operation of the website, for error analysis, and to prevent and track unauthorized access.
Legal basis: legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
4. Getting in touch
When you contact us via the contact form or by email, we process the data you provide to handle your inquiry and for any follow-up questions.
In particular, the following data may be processed:
Name
Email address
Subject
Content of the message
Additional information provided voluntarily
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, insofar as processing is necessary for handling a specific inquiry or for pre-contractual measures; otherwise, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in orderly communication.
5. Newsletter
You can subscribe to a newsletter on the website. For this purpose, we process the data you provide, in particular your email address and, where applicable, any additional voluntary information.
We process this data for the purpose of sending you information about PIGNUS, its activities, events, content, and other communications.
Subscription may be completed via a double opt-in process. In this case, we store the registration data necessary to verify your consent.
Legal basis: Consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect, in particular via an unsubscribe link in the respective newsletter or by notifying us.
6. Web Analytics / Audience Measurement
The website may use services for statistical analysis, audience measurement, or analysis of user behavior. These services help us improve our website, evaluate the use of specific content, and further develop the website in line with user needs.
Unless the use of such services is technically necessary or legally requires consent, we will only activate these services after obtaining your prior consent.
7. Embedded videos and other external media
Videos or other external media may be embedded on the website. When such content is displayed or activated, the respective third-party provider may process personal data, in particular by transmitting your IP address or other technical usage data.
To the extent that embedding such content requires legal consent, we will only load or activate this content after obtaining your prior consent.
8. Social Media
The website may incorporate features or content from external social networks. If this triggers the use of cookies that are not technically necessary, similar technologies, or the transfer of data to third-party providers, such features will only be activated after you have given your prior consent, to the extent required by law.
9. Hosting and Technical Support
The website is technically operated and maintained on behalf of Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG. Where external technical service providers are engaged for this purpose, this is done within the framework of data processing on behalf of the controller, as permitted under data protection law.
10. Recipient
We do not generally share your personal data with third parties, unless
it is necessary for the technical operation and security of the website,
it is necessary to process your inquiry,
it is necessary to send a newsletter or to provide website features you have expressly requested,
we are legally required to do so, or
you have given your consent.
As soon as specific external services are used for newsletters, web analytics, video integration, social media, or other additional features, we will add the relevant recipients to this privacy policy.
11. Transfers to third countries
If external services are used, personal data may also be transferred to recipients in countries outside the European Economic Area. In such cases, we will disclose the specific services used and, where necessary, implement the appropriate data protection safeguards.
12. Retention period
We store personal data only for as long as is necessary for the respective purposes or as required by legal retention obligations.
We generally store server log data only for a limited period of time, to the extent necessary for system security and error analysis. We store data from contact requests for as long as is necessary to process the request and for any follow-up communication. We generally store data processed in connection with a newsletter subscription for as long as the subscription remains active and to the extent necessary to document consent or to fulfill legal obligations.
13. Cookies und Consent-Management
This website uses technically necessary cookies and may also use additional cookies or similar technologies, particularly for statistical and analytical purposes, to embed external media, for social media, or for other additional functions.
To the extent that the use of such cookies or technologies requires legal consent, we will only activate them after obtaining your prior consent.
You may revoke or modify your consent at any time with future effect. We will provide further details on the specific cookies and technologies used as soon as the relevant services are finalized.
14. Ihre Rechte
Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you generally have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict the processing of, and transfer your personal data, as well as the right to object.
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection laws, you may contact the Austrian Data Protection Authority at Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna.
15. Contact for Data Protection Inquiries
If you have any questions about data protection or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
pignus.secretariat@pignus.org