Privacy Policy
Note: This is an English translation provided for convenience. The German version is the legally binding and authoritative version.
The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of legal regulations (GDPR, Austrian Telecommunications Act 2003). In this privacy policy, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within the framework of our website.
Data Controller
Socintel FlexKapG
Hauffgasse 3-5/8, 1110 Vienna, Austria
Email: office@society-intelligence.com
Commercial Register: FN 630566 d, Vienna Commercial Court
Website Visit & Hosting
When you visit our website, your IP address, start and end of the session are recorded for the duration of this session. This is technically necessary and thus represents a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our website is hosted on servers provided by IONOS SE (Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany) via IONOS Deploy Now, and the deployment is managed through GitHub (GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). These providers may process technical connection data (like IP addresses) on our behalf to ensure the security, stability, and delivery of our website.
Contact with Us
If you contact us by email, your provided data will be stored for six months for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in responding to inquiries).
Cookies and Local Storage
Our website uses cookies and browser local storage. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device using the browser. We use them to make our website user-friendly.
We use browser local storage to save your cookie consent preference. This data remains on your device until you clear your browser storage.
Technically necessary cookies and storage are used based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). Analytics cookies are only set after you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
External Services
Google Fonts: We use Google Fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited to display fonts uniformly. The fonts are loaded locally so no connection to Google servers is made for font rendering, ensuring user privacy.
Substack: We use Substack (Substack Inc., 111 Sutter Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA) to manage our newsletter and publish blog posts. If you subscribe to our newsletter via our website or Substack, Substack will process your email address to deliver the newsletter to you. You can find more information in Substack's privacy policy at https://substack.com/privacy.
Web Analytics — Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses cookies that allow an analysis of your use of the website.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Google Analytics is only activated after you have given your explicit consent via our cookie banner (legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Without your consent, no analytics data is collected.
We use Google Analytics with the measurement ID G-CGRN8Z5LP5. You can prevent data collection by Google Analytics by declining cookies in our cookie banner or by setting your browser to not accept cookies.
For more information on how Google handles user data, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Data Retention
We store personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:
- Contact form inquiries: 6 months
- Cookie consent preference: until you clear your browser storage
- Google Analytics data: 14 months (Google's default retention period)
- Contractual data: until the end of the statutory retention period (7 years under Austrian tax law)
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data stored with us:
- Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Right to withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7(3) GDPR), without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at office@society-intelligence.com.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Austria, the relevant authority is:
Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde)
Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 52 152-0
Email: dsb@dsb.gv.at
Website: https://www.dsb.gv.at
Last updated: March 2026