Privacy Policy

Last updated on: 21-Feb-2025
Effective date: 2025-02-01

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of TEDxKlagenfurt, Kinkstrasse 47, Klagenfurt, Austria, email: info@tedxklagenfurt.com, phone: on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website ( https://tedxklagenfurt.com/ ). (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

Information We Collect:

Name
Email address
Mobile number

How We Collect Your Information:

We collect/receive information about you in the following manner:

When a user fills up the registration form or otherwise submits personal information
Interacts with the website
From public sources

How We Use Your Information:

Marketing/Promotional
Testimonials
Customer feedback collection
Support
Targeted advertising
Administration info

If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

How We Share Your Information:

We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:

Ad service
Analytics

We require such third party’s to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.

We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.

Retention Of Your Information:

We will retain your personal information with us for 90 days to 2 years after users terminate their accounts or for as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected as detailed in this Privacy Policy. We may need to retain certain information for longer periods such as record-keeping / reporting in accordance with applicable law or for other legitimate reasons like enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, etc. Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be stored indefinitely.

Your Rights:

Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at info@tedxklagenfurt.com. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

You may opt-out of direct marketing communications or the profiling we carry out for marketing purposes by writing to us at info@tedxklagenfurt.com.

Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.

Website Analytics

We use Plausible, a privacy-focused web analytics service, to understand how visitors interact with our website. Plausible does not collect any personal data and relies on temporary, anonymized identifiers. This means we cannot track individual users and can only see website usage trends. You can learn more about Plausible’s privacy practices at Plausible Analytics Data Policy.

Facebook Pixel

If you grant your consent, we process your personal data together with the service Facebook Pixel, provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, as joint controllers for the purpose of displaying personalized advertising and measuring our advertising success.

Not granting consent has no immediate impact on the functionality of our website. However, without your consent, we are unable to display personalized advertising on your devices. You can revoke your consent at any time by changing your privacy settings.

We allow the service to collect connection data, data from your web browser, and data about the content you access. Additionally, we enable the service to execute tracking and recognition software as well as to store data on your device. Through this tracking and recognition software, the service can enrich its advertising network and recognize you when visiting third-party websites or display personalized advertising. Furthermore, we use the collected data to measure the success of our advertising. The data stored on your device is retained for up to two years.

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with Section 165 (3) of the Austrian Telecommunications Act 2021 (TKG 2021). The Facebook Group transfers your personal data to the United States. The legal basis for this data transfer to the U.S. is your consent pursuant to Article 49 (1) (a) in conjunction with Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR.

Before giving your consent, you were informed that the U.S. does not have a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. In particular, U.S. intelligence agencies may access your data without informing you and without providing legal remedies for you to challenge such access. Due to these concerns, the European Court of Justice ruled that the previous adequacy decision (Privacy Shield) was invalid.

Cookies Etc.

To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Security:

The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Third Party Links & Use Of Your Information:

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link on the Service. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Grievance / Data Protection Officer:

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at Eithne Knappitsch,Kinkstrasse 47, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria, email: eithne@tedxklagenfurt.com. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.