Privacy Statement

We take the protection of your private data very seriously and want you to feel safe while visiting our website. You can visit our website without sharing information about your person.

We place great value on transparency in the storage, processing and use of your personal data and would like to inform you in this Privacy Statement of how we handle your data as well as your rights in this regard.

Name and contact information of the controller

Kapsch Aktiengesellschaft

Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
P +43 50 811 0
F +43 50 811 9990
info@kapsch.net

c/o Data Protection Officer

Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
privacy@kapsch.net

Processing activities


Website use


Purpose and scope


Every time our website https://www.geo-location-platform.com/ is loaded, our system automatically collects data and information from the loading computer system.
The following data is automatically collected by means of log files:

  • Browser type and version used
  • Operating system of the user
  • Internet service provider of the user
  • IP address
  • Date and time of the access
  • Websites from which the user’s system arrives at our internet page
  • Websites that are loaded from our website by the user’s system

We process your personal data in order to identify, prevent and investigate attacks on our website. The storing of the IP address by the system is required in order to enable delivery of the website to the computer of the user. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must remain stored for the duration of the session. Data is also stored in log files in order to ensure the functionality of the website and for optimization of the website.

Legal basis



The temporary saving of specific data is required for the security of our IT systems and in order to offer you a user-friendly surfing experience, which is why our legitimate interest as defined by Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR forms the legal basis for our processing.
The collection of the data for delivery of the website and saving of data in log files is absolutely required for the operation of the website. Therefore, no right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR exists.


Data recipients



For the operation and administration of the website, we make use of IT service providers who on our behalf and under our instructions sometimes also have access to personal data in order to provide the ordered IT services.
Your data will not be shared with other third parties for their own purposes without your consent.


Storage duration


The data relating to the visit to the website is deleted or anonymized at the end of your visit. Further storage beyond this time is possible. In this case, however, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or altered such that association with the visiting client is no longer possible.


Social media links



We use links to our profiles on the social networks Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin on our website to make us better known.
These services are only integrated as links to the corresponding social networks. No data will be transmitted to the providers of the social networks if you do not click on the respective links. After clicking on the integrated links you will be forwarded to the website of the respective provider. Only then will user information be transferred to the respective provider.


External Links


To explain how the Map Matching API works, we link to the Open Street Map website and the Wikipedia website. We have no influence on the content of the links to the third parties mentioned. We accept no liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator is always responsible for the content of the linked pages.

Information about your rights as data subject


Right to object, right to access, rectification, data portability, restriction and erasure


  • Art. 15 GDPR:

    You have the right at any time to obtain from us information on what data about you is being stored within the framework of your inquiry or registration and to correct your data.

  • Art. 16 GDPR:

    You can demand the rectification or completion of inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Art. 17 GDPR:

    You have the right to the erasure of data under certain circumstances, such as when it is not being processed according to the data protection requirements.

  • Art. 18 GDPR:

    You have the right in specific cases to request the restriction of the processing of your data. A restriction results in the continued storage of your data but that no other processing steps will be taken by us with regard to your data and your application. You can demand a restriction if: (i) You have disputed the accuracy of the personal data, or (ii) the processing is illegal and you decline erasure, or (iii) the data is no longer needed for the processing purpose but under circumstances could be needed for establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

  • Art. 20 GDPR:

    In addition, you have the right to obtain your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. At your request, your data will also be sent directly to other providers, if this is technically possible.

  • Art. 21 GDPR:

    You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to object to the processing of personal data concerning you that takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 point e or f GDPR.


Right of complaint and supervisory authority


Notwithstanding the option of an action in regional court according to Section 29 para. 2 Data Protection Act 2018 and any other legal remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the national supervisory authority of your place of residence if unlawful processing of personal data is presumed. In Austria, the Data Protection Authority is responsible.


Contact


In regard to data protection issues as well as for exercising your right to object and right to access, data portability and restriction or for rectification or erasure of your data, please contact us at the email address: info@kapsch.net

Our data protection officer can be reached at the following email address: privacy@kapsch.net

If your requests according to this Privacy Statement are not complied with within one month, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority.

Updates and amendments

Portions of this Privacy Statement may be amended or updated by us for technical or legal reasons without your prior notification by us. Please always examine the current Privacy Statement version to be informed of possible changes or updates.