PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: October 27, 2022

This privacy policy governs the way in which NISOS GMBH, (we will use the abbreviation "NISOS" instead), uses, maintains and discloses information provided and collected from users ("User") of this website ("Site").
This privacy policy applies to the Site and to all products and services offered by NISOS GMBH.

1. Contact information

NISOS GMBH
Am Arlandgrund 2, Top 7B
8045 Graz, AUSTRIA



Phone:                    ++43 (0) 650 62 87 520   or ++43 (0) 650 69 41 669 
E-Mail address:     office@nisos.at

2. Gender statement
NISOS ® - BCA follows the practice of the Olympic Committee in their Olympic Charter (June 2019): 'The masculine gender is used in relation to any physical person and shall, unless there is a specific provision to the contrary, be understood as including the feminine gender.'

3. Copyright
The copyright of this Site with all its contents is protected. Usage of all information provided via the Site is only permitted for your personal information. All other forms of usages are not permitted, e.g., storage in data bases, duplication, any form of commercial usage, and passing information to third parties.

4. Virus protection awareness

We check and test material at all stages of production. However, 100% safety concerning virus or other attacks can never be reached. Therefore, we strongly recommend to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet including our Site. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer that may occur whilst using material derived from this Site.

5. Data requests and processing of information concerning the Site
Personal identification information from Users will only be collected if such information is voluntarily submitted to us. We may collect personal identification and non-personal information from Users in a variety of ways that include the following purposes, but are not limited to them: when Users visit our Site, register on the Site, order, respond to a survey, complete a form, or use other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate: name, email address, mailing address, phone number, time and date of using our Site, the information necessary to complete our contact form, IP- address, name and version of the web-browser, type of computer, technical information about Users' tools for connections to our Site such as the operating system and the internet service providers used, and other similar information.

6. Users' personal information can be used for the following purposes:
To run and operate our Site, to improve customer service, to personalize user experience, to improve our Site, to process payments, to run a promotion, contest, survey or other Site feature (to send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.), to send periodic emails (we may use the email address to send User information and updates pertaining to     their order. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

7. Users may visit our Site anonymously.
Personal identification information from Users will only be collected if such information is voluntarily submitted to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information; however, this may prevent them from activating certain Site related functions.

8. Usage of "cookies"
We may use "cookies". Cookies are files that can be stored on the User's computer when a website is visited. Cookies are used to provide the Users with additional functions of the website, e.g., to improve navigating on the Site, to set up Site settings in accordance with User's aims and to store these settings. Cookies have no access on other data stored on your computer. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
 
9. How we protect your information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures for protecting against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

10. Duration of data storage
We store your personal data only as long as this is reasonable for the above outlined purposes of this homepage and for the services that you requested, and as is permitted according to the law.

11. Legal fundament

Your personal data will be processed in accordance with Art. 6, paragraph 1 lit. f DSGVO (Art. 6, paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR EU) to reach the above mentioned purposes, or for preparing contracts and actions based on your requests in accordance with 6 Abs. 1 lit. b DSGVO (Art. 6, paragraph 1 lit. a,b GDPR EU).

12. Your rights concerning your personal data

You have the right to get information concerning the stored data, to correct wrong information in the stored data, to limit processing your data, to prohibit unacceptable data processing, and to prohibit data transfer. In case you are of the opinion that data processing is not in accordance with the applicable legal foundations, or that your data privacy has been violated in some other illegal way, please, in a first step, contact us. We will do all we can to answer all your questions and to fulfil all points of privacy policy according to the respective law. In such cases, please use the contact information given above (in point 1). We will process your concerns as soon as possible. In case you think this is necessary, it is up to you to contact the data protection authority for all kinds and details of legal and privacy policy information. 
 
13. Sharing your personal information

We store your data safely and do not pass it to third parties, except for cases in that this is necessary for providing the services, or for processing your personal data in safe manner, or when legal requirements necessitate this. We do not trade, rent, or sell Users personal identification information to others. Aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users may be shared with our business partners and/or advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use service providers that help operating our business and the Site or to administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes if you have given us your permission.
 
14. Electronic newsletters

If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they may receive emails that may include updates, our product or service information, company news, etc. Third party service providers may be used to help us operate our business and Site or to administer activities on our behalf that are related to our services. Your information may be shared with these third parties for purposes related to our services and Site if you have given us your permission.
 
15. Third party websites
There may be advertising or other contents on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, sponsors, suppliers, advertisers, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites.  We do not take responsibility for the contents and practices employed by websites that are linked to our Site or from our Site. Such sites or services, including all their contents and links, may be subjects to change. These sites and services may have their own privacy and customer service policy. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites that are linked to our Site, is up to that website's specific terms and policy.

16. Social media
NISOS may cooperate with various social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. By clicking the according 'Icon', you agree that you start communicating with the selected platform and that information about you is transferred to the selected social network. In case you log in at a selected social network, this platform can count the visit at our website as a visit at their website.

17. Social 'Plugins'
So-called 'plug-ins' of these social platforms may be used on our Site:
Facebook: Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA,
Instagram: Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA und
Twitter: Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

The Facebook-Plugins are identified by the Facebook-Logo or the addition 'Social Plugin of Facebook'. A survey of the plug-ins can be found in:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

The Instagram-Plugins are identified by the Instagram-Logo, e.g., in form of the 'Instagram-Camera'. A survey of the plug-ins can be found in:
http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.

The Twitter-Plugins are identified with a Twitter-Logo, e.g., in form of the 'Twitter-Bird'. A survey of the plug-ins can be found in:
https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons.

When you activate a function on our Site that includes such a plugin, the Browser will directly connect you to the servers of Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. The contents of the 'Plugin' will directly be transferred by Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter to your Browser and integrated in the Site. Thereby, the social network will receive the information that your Browser has activated our Site, and this will happen also in the case that you do not have a Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter profile or are not logged in at that moment. This information, including your IP-address, will directly be transferred to the servers (in the USA) of Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and will be stored there.

In case you are logged-in at Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, your visit at our Site can directly be attributed to your profile. When you interact with the Plugins, this information will also be transferred directly to a server of Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and stored there. Additionally, this information will be added to your  Facebook-, Instagram-, or Twitter-Profile, and this information will be available to your contacts.

Please, for purposes and volume of the data collection and its processing, and for your respective rights and setting possibilities to save your privacy-sphere, check the following sites:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy
In case you do not want the social networks to be able to attribute the data collected via our Site, log-out at the respective social network. Further, you can prevent loading of the Plugins by means of 'Add-Ons' for your Browser, e.g., with the Script-Blocker 'NoScript' (www.noscript.net).

18. 'Youtube' embedding functions

At this time, 'Youtube' embedding functions are not in use.

19. Cooperation with Google Analytics
Our Site uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses 'Cookies' for analysing your usage of our Site. The associated information is usually transferred to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. On behalf of the operator of this Site, Google will use this information for enhancing the usability of this Site, for creating reports about the Site activities, and to enable additional services associated with the usage of the Site and of the Internet. The IP-address that your Browser transmits to Google (within the framework of 'Google Analytics') will not be merged with other data of Google. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly. You can deactivate 'Google Analytics' for display advertisement via the settings provided via this link.
By using this Site, you signify that you accept this usage of your data by Google in the way described above. If you do not agree to this, please do not use the Site.

20. Exclusion of liability

Due to the technical characteristics of the Internet, we cannot offer any warranty and liability for the functionality, availability, stability, reliability, completeness, and authenticity of the Internet.

Liability is further excluded for all direct or indirect damages (independent of their reasons) that may result from using this homepage and the information therein, as far as this is legally permissible. This holds also true for 'Hyperlinks', and any usage or implementation of parts of the www.nisos.at Homepage is explicitly prohibited. 

NISOS does not check other websites that are directly accessible via 'Links' in the www.nisos.at Site concerning their contents or their legal and political correctness, and NISOS does not influence or control these websites. In case, that they contain illegal or political incorrect statements or information, NISOS distances itself explicitly from such contents, and any liability and warranty are excluded.

21. Changes to this privacy policy
NISOS may update this privacy policy at any time. In such cases, we will post an information on the main page of the Site. We encourage Users to check this page for any changes. You agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications thereby.

22. Your acceptance of these terms
By using this Site, you signify that you accept this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the homepage following the posting of changes to this policy will be seen as your acceptance of those changes.
 
23. Contacting us in case questions concerning our privacy policy arise

If you have any questions concerning our privacy policy, or the practices of this site, or your dealings with it, please contact us using the contact information provided above.

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