Declaration on the duty to provide information
(Data Privacy Policy)

The privacy of your personal data is important to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of statutory provisions (GDPR and Austrian Telecommunications Act, TKG, 2003). This privacy policy is to inform you about the most important aspects of data processing on our website.

Your rights

You always have a right of access as well as a right to rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, revocation and objection. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection entitlements have been violated in some other way, you can complain to the supervisory authority. In Austria, the data protection authority is called Datenschutzbehörde.

Contact options

If you contact us through a form on our website, by phone or by e-mail, the data you provide will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry or request and for the event of follow-up questions. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Gender notice

We place great emphasis on non-discrimination. In the interest of better readability of the texts, we either use the masculine or feminine form of personal nouns. In no way is this intended to imply any exclusion or discrimination of the other gender. Men and women are therefore equally addressed by the contents of our website. Thank you for your understanding!

Field of application

This privacy statement explains users on the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal information through this website. The legal basis for data protection, see the Austrian Telecommunications Act (TKG) and the Data Protection Act (DSG).

Privacy

The data are processed in written form and/or on magnetic media, electronic media and in compliance with all security measures guaranteeing their security and confidentiality. Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH is the responsible for data processing. Affected parties can check, correct, supplement, or delete their data at any time by writing to Thomas Monz, Technikerstrasse 24, 6020 Innsbruck, or info@aqt.eu

Why does Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH collect personal information?

Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH collects and uses your personal information in order to offer exceptional customer service, easy access to our website, and offer and provide optimal services. Furthermore, your personal information assists Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH in informing you about our newest products and special offers and to keep you informed about other developments that we feel may interest you. If you not interested in our new developments and/or would not like to receive information about our new products and services, you can inform us at any time.

What data is collected?

There are many situations in which your personal information can help Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH provide better service. That is why, for example, you are asked to provide information when you start a transaction. Only information relevant to the current situation will be requested. Normally this includes name, billing address, telephone number, e-mail address, preferred method of contact. Additionally, Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH collects data for marketing research in order to better understand our clientele and offer appropriate services. Furthermore, Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH collects customer activity data from our website. On the basis of this information, Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH can assess which information is useful to our customers and which areas of our website and online services are of interest.

When does Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH share personal information?

Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH takes the protection of your personal information very seriously. Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH promises you, that your contact information is never sold or passed onto other vendors. In order to provide you with exceptional service, Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH may, under certain circumstances, give your information to legal individuals who are obligated to handle the information in accordance to the Privacy Statement. Under certain circumstances, it can be beneficial for Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH to provide other companies (who are strategic partners with, or employed by Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH) with certain information so that they can provide you with services and products in the name of Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH. These companies can help us to process information, take reservations and orders, deliver products, administer and maintain customer data, offer customer service, evaluate interest in our products and services, conduct customer research, or complete polls regarding customer satisfaction. These companies are obligated to handle your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Statement in order to protect personal privacy. Furthermore, Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH may be required by law or legal regulation to provide personal information.

How does Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH protect your personal information?

Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH takes precautions, including administrative, electronic, and physical procedures, to protect your personal information from loss, theft and misuse, as well as from unauthorized access, transmission, alteration, and deletion. The website employs the industry-standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption.

Integrity of your personal information

Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH has taken security measures to ensure that your personal information for the intended purposes is correct, complete and up-to-date. Naturally, you have the right to access and change your information at any time. You can help us by making sure your contact information and default settings are correct, complete and up-to-date. You may also receive a copy of your personal information by contacting us at the e-mail address mentioned below.

Our company-wide commitment to protecting your personal privacy

As was already mentioned, Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH takes your personal rights very seriously. So that the security of your personal information is ensured, all workers are given current instructions and the company takes strict security precautions to protect your personal information. The website contains links to other companies. Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH is not responsible for their personal privacy guidelines. Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH recommends that you attain these companies’ Privacy Statements.

Questions regarding personal privacy rights

If you have questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Statement, please feel free to contact us at the appropriate e-mail address (see above). Naturally you can ask Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH which of your data is or has been collected, where the data was collected, how it is used, and if it was shared with another company. Additionally, you can correct false information or delete incorrectly processed data. The terms of the Personal Privacy Law apply. Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH is authorised to change the Privacy Policy occasionally. If fundamental alterations are conducted, notification as well as the up-dated version will be published on our website.

Social Media

This legal notice also applies to our LinkedIn and X profiles as well as to our channel on Vimeo.

Disability Equality

This website is not fully functional, unfortunately for people with physical disabilities, such as vision, hearing or motor function. We apologise for the delay and are happy to explain here ready through other channels my services. We are happy to refer here to the Arbitration Board for Disability Equality Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Austria.

The following technologies are used on this website:

Certain information is gathered depending on your web browser settings. These are automatically sent by your browser to the website operator using a cookie when you visit this website. This information usually concerns your computer assigned IP address as well as the type of operating system and browser installed.

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on the hard drive of your computer by a web server. A distinction is made between “session cookies” and “permanent cookies”.

Session cookies: A session cookie is applied with every visit to this website. A randomly generated, unique identification number is assigned to your computer therein. The validity of a session cookie automatically expires when you close the browser. The session cookies are used to support the functionality of the website and to find out more about your usage of the website, i.e. which pages you visit, which links you use and how long you spend on each page.

Permanent cookies: Provided that it is permitted, permanent cookies will be applied. These cookies do not expire when you close your browser, but rather remain on the hard drive until they expire after a specified time span or are deleted. The web server identifies the permanent cookie stored on the hard drive of your computer every time you visit this website. By issuing such a permanent, unique identifier for your computer, preferential settings and your usage patterns can be stored in a database. Furthermore, it is possible to determine how frequently you visit this website, how your user habits change and how effective the promotional activities of the website are. No personal data is contained in this information, but rather only the actions you make on your computer.

If you access the website via an email that was sent to you, or a “user identity” was created during one of your visits, the information provided by the website or third-party cookies is linked to any information in the data records of the website provider, from which conclusions can be drawn about your identity.

Consent to the use of cookies: Your prior consent is not required for session cookies as they are necessary for the functioning of the website and expire as soon as you leave the site. The use of permanent cookies, which store your preferred settings as well as your usage patterns, that are not exactly necessary for the functioning of the website, requires your prior consent. By using the website, you agree to the use of permanent cookies, provided that you have not prevented the installation of cookies by changing the settings on your computer. This is also applicable to third-party cookies.

Web beacons: The website may contain pixel graphics. These are called “web beacons”, “single-pixel GIFs” or “clear GIFs”. Third-parties can use web beacons in order to learn more about the behaviour of visitors to their website and measure the impact of promotional activities. Web beacons may also be used in promotional e-mails to determine whether they have actually been opened and user activity triggered. The information contained in web beacons is only linked to your personal data with your prior consent. By clicking on a link in promotional e-mails, which are sent to you with your consent, you agree to the use of web beacons, provided that you have not prevented the installation of web beacons by changing the settings on your computer.

Cookies used currently on the website (current status of our cookie use, its purpose, its impact on privacy as well as its permanence):

• Session ID: The web server may generate session cookies that are necessary for the use of certain interactive elements of the website (e.g. contact forms or login). The cookie contains a session ID, by which your visit is distinguished from those of other users, which visit the website at the same time. Session cookies are regarded as necessary for the use of the website and do not require your consent.

• Analytics: The website uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics creates several first-party cookies, with which it is ensured that each successive visit to the website can be assigned to the same (unique) visitor. The manner in which you came across the page can also be established.

• Website navigation: The content management tool creates several first-party cookies. These refer to session cookies that are deleted as soon as you close your browser. These cookies enable the proper functioning of our website. This data is aggregated and can be assigned to any person.Based on the data that is collected using these first-party cookies, reports are generated in an aggregated form, which provide information on how visitors get to the website and use this. Findings on general user behaviour can be obtained using these reports. These findings are used to update and improve the website.

• Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are cookies applied by partners. If it is permitted for these partners to embed a cookie on a page of the website, the website provider indicates the guidelines and clarifies the fact that the collection of information using such cookies requires the consent of the user. You can refuse such consent by changing your computer settings.Cookies from advertising partners are used and external content from third parties is embedded in the website. This refers to cookies belonging to the domain of the third party and thus can only be viewed and managed by the third party. These third parties include, amongst others, Facebook and Twitter, whose cookie policy can be viewed on their corresponding websites. Furthermore, the Google-Maps tool as well as the “Like” plug-in of Facebook is used. In the context of this, the privacy policies of these providers apply. The website provider has no direct control over the content of the cookies that these plug-ins generate.

• Miscellaneous: Occasionally, other services are tested that may apply cookies onto your computer. In this case, the relevant manner of use is listed here.

Changing your cookie preferences
Configuring your Internet browser is a free and effective way to manage cookies. You have the following possibilities:

• allow the use of all cookies that are integrated in the pages and content you invoke.
  Note: These cookies can only be read by their issuer on the one hand. On the other hand, this process is not definitive. You can deactivate cookies anytime later on (the management of cookies depends on your Internet browser; see corresponding instructions).
• disable the use of cookies on your device. In this case, the navigation can become impaired. Certain functions require cookies (so it is possible, for example, that your operating system is not recognized or the expected language is not displayed). The website operator does not accept any responsibility for inconveniences due to possible malfunctions of the services should the necessary cookies be unavailable.
• set your browser so that you are asked for consent before the installation of new cookies on your device.

The type of cookie management depends on your browser. More instructions for use can be found here:

Server log files

For technical reasons the following details will be sent to us or our web space provider from your browser. (Browser including version, operating system, website with the link to our site, pages visited, date and time of access and IP address)
These anonymous data are stored separately from personal data and cannot be traced back to a specific person. They will be used to generate statistical evaluations.

Web analysis

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Cookies are used for this purpose, making it possible to analyse the way in which users use our website. The resulting data are sent to a Google Analytics server in the USA and are stored there. You can prevent this by setting your browser so that no cookies are stored. We have concluded a contract data processing agreement with this service provider. We use Google Analytics with the IP anonymisation function, which truncates and anonymises your IP address. Our relationship with this web analysis company is based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, known as a Privacy Shield in the case of Google. Data processing is carried out as stipulated by the Austrian Telecommunications Act (TKG), Section 96 (3), and the GDPR, Article 6 (1a) (consent) and/or Article 6 (1f) (legitimate interests). The matter that concerns us with regard to the GDPR (legitimate interests) is the improvement of our website and its contents. User data are stored for a period of 26 months. If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics, Google provides a Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Use of reCAPTCHA

The reCAPTCHA application from Google is used on the website for the data processing on the contact form https://www.aqt.eu/contact/.

Google Maps

Our website uses the functions of the map provider Google Maps, a division of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Maps places a cookie on your computer in order to collect and process user settings and data. If you wish to prevent the transmission of data to Google, you need to disable the JavaScript function in your browser. However, this limits the usability of Google Maps. Click here for the Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms

GoogleFonts

Our website uses certain fonts from the Google Fonts Service, a division of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. We need this service in order to display the font we have used. The font is called up from the Google server and then loaded into the browser cache. When downloading the font, your IP address and details of the website you visit are sent to Google. Click here for further details. Google Fonts: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Youtube and Vimeo

Our website uses plug-ins for YouTube, which is owned by Google. The operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our web pages with an integrated YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server will receive information about which of our web pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you consent to YouTube linking your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
More information about the handling of user data can be found in the YouTube data protection notice at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Our website uses plug-ins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. If you visit one of the pages on our website into which a Vimeo video has been integrated, a connection to Vimeo’s servers will be established. As a consequence, the Vimeo server will receive information as to which of our pages you have visited. Moreover, Vimeo will receive your IP address. This will also happen if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information recorded by Vimeo will be transmitted to Vimeo’s server in the United States. If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account. Vimeo uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting) to recognize website visitors. The use of Vimeo is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner.
For more information on how Vimeo handles user data, please consult the Vimeo Data Privacy Policy under: https://vimeo.com/privacy

Data transfer only takes place from our website to the two platforms if the user actively instigates interaction by clicking on a video or icon.Information on Online Dispute Resolution

The EU Commission offers the option of online dispute resolution via a platform it runs (the so-called ODR Platform). The ODR platform can be used for out-of-court settlement of disputes over online purchase contracts and service contracts. The platform is available via the following external link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.

Updates to this Data Privacy Policy

We regularly update this Data Privacy Policy. Should you have any questions on our Data Privacy Policy, please contact us.

Contact for data privacy issues: