The purpose of the websitewww.snow.institute is to provide extensive knowledge and material on the topics of snow and avalanches for educational purposes. This privacy policy describes the processing (e.g. collection, use, disclosure and storage) and protection of your personal data, including your IP address, by the Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government in connection with the operation of this website. As the protection of your personal data is important to us, it is processed in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act.
To ensure the integrity of the processed personal data and to ensure that it is properly processed and not made accessible to unauthorized persons, appropriate data security measures have been taken.
Who is responsible for processing your data?
The Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz 3, 6020 Innsbruck, post@tirol.gv.at is responsible for processing your data
What rights do you have under the General Data Protection Regulation?
According to the General Data Protection Regulation, everyone has the right to information about who processes which data, for what purpose, on what legal basis, as well as, if applicable, the right to information about where this data comes from and to whom it may be transmitted. In addition, there is the right to access, correction of incorrect data, the right to restriction of processing and deletion of unlawfully processed data, as well as the right to data portability.
Furthermore, the General Data Protection Regulation also provides for a right to object to the processing of personal data if this is done to perform tasks in the public interest or to exercise public authority or to safeguard the overriding legitimate interests of the controller or a third party.
Please note that the rights under the General Data Protection Regulation may be subject to legal restrictions in certain circumstances if the exercise of these rights would impair the fulfillment of legal tasks.
Data collection on this website: Inquiries via contact form email
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
Use of social media
When visiting these websites, no data from social media providers is loaded and no data is transmitted to them. Embedded YouTube videos do not start automatically but must be activated by the visitor. Offered functions such as “Share” (Facebook) or “Tweet” (Twitter) can be called up by the visitor themselves if desired and are handled by the respective providers.
Do you want to exercise your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation or do you have any further questions, wishes, or suggestions regarding the processing of your data?
Our data protection officer is available for the assertion of your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation:
Dr. Norbert Habel, either
by phone at +43 512 508 1870 or
by email at datenschutzbeauftragter@tirol.gv.at or
by mail at Dr. Norbert Habel, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz 3, 6020 Innsbruck
Please include a copy of an official photo ID for clear identification of your person.
To process your request as efficiently and quickly as possible, please indicate in your request in which factual context you suspect that your personal data is being used.
Do you want to revoke a given consent?
If you have given a declaration of consent for the processing of your personal data for the subscription to the newsletter, you can revoke this at any time in writing to info@snow.institute.
Right to complain
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority.
Validity of This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is effective from 01.11.2023