Privacy Policy
In the following privacy policy, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing on our website. We collect and process personal data only in accordance with legal regulations (General Data Protection Regulation, Telecommunications Act 2003).
As soon as you access or visit our website as a user, your IP address, the start time, and the beginning and end of the session are recorded. This is for technical reasons and therefore represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Contact us
If you contact us, either via our contact form on our website or by email, the data you send us will be stored for six months for the purpose of processing your inquiry or in case of further follow-up questions. Your submitted data will not be shared without your consent.
Cookies
Our website uses so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device with the help of your browser. They do not cause any damage. We use cookies to make our service user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. They allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. If you do not wish this, you can set your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and only allow this in individual cases. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
How can you prevent cookies from being saved?
You can set your browser to only accept cookies if you agree. This will prevent cookies from being saved in the future. If you only want to accept techbold cookies but not the cookies of our service providers and partners, you can select the „Block third-party cookies“ setting in your browser.
Use of social plug-ins
Social media plug-ins are integrated into our website to enable the recommendation and sharing of articles on social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, and Pinterest.
If a social plug-in is accessed while using our website, the Internet user’s browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the respective social network. The content of the social plugin is transmitted directly to the user’s browser, which then integrates it into the digital platform accessed. Through this integration, the information that the user has accessed the corresponding digital platform is forwarded to the social network. If the user is logged in to the social network, the network can associate the access to the digital platform with the user’s account. When the user interacts with a social plugin, e.g., by clicking the „Like“ button, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from the user’s browser to the social network and stored there. For more information on the purpose and scope of data use by social networks, as well as the setting options for protecting privacy, please refer to the privacy policies of the social networks. To prevent social networks from using the user’s data generated when using our products, the user must log out of the social networks before accessing the respective digital platform. Contact Management, Newsletter
If you contact us via a form on the Discovery Evolution website or by email, the data you provide will be stored for six months to process your request and in case of follow-up questions. If no offer or purchase is made, the data will be deleted after that.
Our registration and contact service allows visitors to the Discovery Evolution website to learn more about our company, download content, and provide contact information and other information. Cookies are stored on your computer and enable us to analyze your use of the website. The legal basis for collecting this data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We use all collected information exclusively to optimize our marketing.
You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter via our website. For this purpose, we require your email address and your declaration that you agree to receive the newsletter.
We use the integrated software solution „MailChimp“ to send our newsletter. With the software solution MailChimp, we can also record visits to www.discovery-evolution.com based on your personal details. This information, such as receipt and read confirmations of the Discovery Evolution newsletter, as well as the content of our website, is stored on servers of des Softwarepartners MailChimp gespeichert.
Google Maps
Our website uses features of the web map service „Google Maps.“ The service provider of this feature is:
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Tel: +353 1 543 1000
When using Google Maps, it is necessary to save and process your IP address. Google usually transmits the data to a server in the USA and stores it there. The processing is carried out by the service provider (named above); the operator of this website has no influence on the transmission of the data.
Data processing is based on the legal provisions of Section 96 (3) of the Telecommunications Act (TKG) and Article 6 (1) (f) (legitimate interest) of the GDPR. The use of Google Maps increases the findability of the locations provided on our website.
Further information about the handling of user data by the service provider „Google“ can be found in the privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Google also processes data in the USA, but has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield.
https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
Google Fonts
Our website uses fonts from „Google Fonts.“ The service provider of this function is:
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 543 1000
When you visit this website, your browser loads fonts and stores them in the cache. Since you, as a visitor to the website, receive data from the service provider, Google may, under certain circumstances, place or analyze cookies on your computer.
The use of „Google Fonts“ serves to optimize our service and ensure consistent content presentation. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Further information about Google Fonts can be found at the following link:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
Further information about how Google handles user data can be found in the privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Google also processes data in the USA, but has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield.
https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
Server Log Files
This website and the associated provider automatically collect information in the form of so-called „server log files“ during website use. This particularly applies to:
- IP address or hostname
- The browser used
- Length of stay on the website, including date and time
- Pages accessed on the website
- Language settings and operating system
- „Leaving page“ (which URL the user used to leave the website)
- ISP (Internet Service Provider)
This collected information is not processed in a personal manner or associated with personal data.
The website operator reserves the right to evaluate or review this data if it becomes aware of illegal activities.
Your rights as a data subject
- Access
- Deletion of data
- Correction of data
- Portability of data
- Revocation and objection to data processing
- Restriction
If you suspect that violations of data protection law have occurred in the course of processing your data, you have the option of complaining to us office@discovery-evolution.com or to the data protection authority.
You can reach us using the following contact details:
Website operator: Discovery Evolution FlexCo
Email: office@discovery-evolution.com
Collection, processing, purposes, and use of personal data
We collect, store, and process your data to process your purchase, including any subsequent warranties, for our services (such as processing inquiries, providing downloads, or our newsletter), technical administration, processing applications, our own marketing purposes, and to prevent criminal offenses.
Within our company and those of affiliated companies, your personal data will only be passed on to those employees who need it to fulfill the purposes stated above. Your personal data will only be passed on to third parties to the extent permitted by law, including for the purpose of contract execution or billing, for marketing purposes, or if you have previously consented.
Purchase Processing
We use your data to process and execute your orders and to process payments. We only transmit your data to third parties to the extent necessary to fulfill these tasks, for example, to our logistics partners for the delivery of your order. The data passed on to third parties will be used by them exclusively to fulfill the tasks assigned to them within the scope of contract execution. Once the contract has been fully processed and the purchase price has been paid in full, the data will be deleted after the retention periods stipulated by tax and commercial law have expired.
Legal basis for processing – CONSENT (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR)
If you have given us your consent – for example, for our newsletter – your personal data will only be processed in accordance with the purposes specified in the respective consent declaration and to the extent agreed therein. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect in writing by email. Revoking your consent does not affect the legality of the processing of your data based on your consent until the revocation. In every newsletter email, you will also find an unsubscribe link that you can use to revoke your consent to receive the newsletter.
FULFILLMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR)
Your data is processed to fulfill our contractual obligations. For example, we need your name and address to be able to send you ordered goods and to issue you an invoice for your order. Should delivery difficulties arise or should you have any concerns or inquiries for us, we need, for example, your email address or telephone number so that we can contact you.
FULFILLMENT OF LEGAL OBLIGATIONS (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR)
The processing of your data may be necessary due to legal obligations to which we are subject (in particular, the retention of business letters and contractual documents). Such obligations arise, among other things, from the Austrian Commercial Code (UGB), the Federal Tax Code (Bundesabgabenordnung), or the German Civil Code (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch).
PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE INTERESTS (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)
If it is necessary to protect our legitimate interests or those of a third party, we may process your data:
- Our legitimate interest in processing your data exists for our own and third-party marketing purposes, for customer retention, or for legally permissible direct advertising. We also have a legitimate interest in processing your data for administrative purposes within our company and affiliated companies, and in the context of legal prosecution and defense.
- Therefore, based on these legitimate interests, your data may only be processed in addition to the legal basis of your consent, i.e., even if you have withdrawn any consent.