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It is important to eugen GmbH (“eugen”, “we”, “us”) to protect your personal data. We therefore observe the applicable legal provisions on the protection, lawful handling and confidentiality of personal data as well as on data security, in particular the Data Protection Act as amended (“DSG”), the Telecommunications Act (“TKG”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The following Cookie Statement informs you for which purposes we use which cookies and similar technologies on our website https://www.eugen.immo/ (“Website”) and we offer you the possibility to make settings to consent to this use as well as to revoke your consent at any time.

1. 1. Name and address of the person responsible

The person responsible for processing your personal data in accordance with the provisions of data protection law is:

eugen GmbH

Riemergasse 8

1010 Vienna

E-mail: hallo@eugen.at

2. 2. Cookies and how they work

Cookies and similar web storage technologies (hereinafter referred to as “cookies”) are used on our website. Cookies are small files that are placed on your terminal device (e.g. PC, smartphone or tablet) when you visit our website. Each time you visit our website, the cookie and the website “communicate” with each other so that your end device can be recognized. This is useful for you as well as for us: cookies serve the purpose of enabling our website to function correctly, to expand the range of functions and to realize an optimization of the website functions. This allows the website to remember certain entries and settings (e.g. language, font size) over a certain period of time and you do not need to make them again each time you visit the website.

We use first-party and third-party cookies (so-called first-party cookies and third-party cookies). First-party cookies come directly from our website and send information only to us. However, our website may also contain technologies from other providers (third parties) that we integrate into our website for advertising purposes and that may set their own cookies on your terminal device.

In most cases, the information in a cookie is pseudonymized or anonymized, since cookies generally do not identify you as a person, but your terminal device. In some cases, it is possible to link certain cookies to personal data. There are cookies that require your consent before they can be used on your terminal device and cookies that can be used without your consent because they are technically necessary for our service provision (“necessary cookies”). In the case of necessary cookies, the data processing is necessary for the purposes of data security measures, to prevent misuse and to optimize the website and is therefore based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Section 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO in conjunction with. § 165 para. 3 TKG. We set all other cookies on our website exclusively on the basis of your prior express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in conjunction with. § 165 para. 3 TKG via the cookie banner.

If the settings you have made or the voluntary consent you have given also include providers who transfer data to countries without an adequacy decision pursuant to Article 45 (3) of the GDPR and without appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR (such as the USA in particular), your consent pursuant to Article 49 of the GDPR also applies to these countries. There is a risk that your data transferred in this way may be subject to access by authorities in these third countries for control and monitoring purposes and that no effective legal remedies are available against this.

On our website, you have the option via our cookie banner, which appears automatically when you visit our website for the first time or when changes are made, to accept the use of cookies in principle by clicking on the “Accept all” button or to allow or reject only certain categories of cookies after clicking on “Options”. If you do not press any button and click on “Save & accept”, no cookie-based services requiring consent will be loaded. You can also uncomplicatedly “Reject All”. Below is a description of the types of cookies we use.

3. 3. Cookie categories

Depending on the function and purpose, we divide data processing into different categories. The categories of cookies related to the Website are described below. We use necessary cookies and cookies for statistical purposes on the Website. You can adjust your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the following link: https://www.eugen.immo.

3.1 Technically Necessary (6)

Technically necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. Therefore, these cookies cannot be deselected.

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3.2 Marketing ()

Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites and to exploit the data collected through statistics cookies (tracking cookies), if any. The intention is to show ads that are relevant and appealing to the individual user and therefore more valuable to publishers and advertising third parties.

3.3 Statistics (4)

Statistics cookies (also called tracking cookies) help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

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3.4 Preference (5)

Preference cookies allow you to remember information that affects the way a website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in.

4. Deactivating cookies

You can revoke the consent you have given us at any time with effect for the future by (i) calling up the cookie banner again and rejecting the cookie or (ii) deleting the relevant cookies and preventing cookies from being stored as described here. You can also decide at your discretion which categories of cookies you want to allow and can change your cookie setting via the link in point 3.

In addition, you can also generally change all cookie settings at any time via your browser. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. Also, the use of certain cookies may be necessary to open a website or to save the objection to the use of other cookies. You can delete all cookies stored on your computer and set most browsers to prevent the storage of cookies or to require explicit consent before storing a cookie. You can also separately activate “Block third-party cookies”. As a rule, you will be shown in the menu bar of your web browser via the help function how you can reject new cookies and disable those already received. You can find out how, for example, here: http://www.aboutcookies.org/.

In the following, we have additionally compiled links where you can find detailed information on how to disable cookies in common browsers:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_AT&viewlocale=de_DE

However, we would like to point out that in the event of deactivation, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You may then have to make some settings manually each time you visit the website and accept that some functions may be impaired.

1. 5. 5. Tools

We use different tools on the basis of your consent given voluntarily via the cookie banner (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

5.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics also uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link. The current link is: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

For more information on Google’s terms of use and privacy policy, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

5.2 Social Plugins

Provided you have given your corresponding consent to marketing cookies in the cookie banner, our website uses a social plugin from Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Meta”), from TikTok Technology Limited (“TikTok”), as well as from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (“LinkedIn”).

When you access a page of our website that contains such a social plugin, your device establishes a direct connection with the servers of the respective provider(s). The content of the social plugin is then transmitted by the respective provider directly to your device and integrated by it into our online offer. By integrating the social plugins on our website, the respective provider of the social network receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our online offer. If you are logged into the respective social network, the provider can assign your visit to your specific account with the platform. If you interact with the social plugins, for example by clicking the Facebook Like button, the corresponding information is transmitted from your device directly to the respective provider(s) of the social network and stored there. If you are not a member of the social networks, it is still possible that the respective provider(s) will obtain and store your IP address.

Based on this data about your visit to our website and your use of our online services, the respective provider of the social network can create usage profiles about you.

Further information about the data collection and the processing and use of the data by Facebook and Instagram can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy and by TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de-DE and by LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

1. 6. 6. Storage period

With regard to the storage period, a distinction must be made between “session cookies” and “persistent cookies”:

Session cookies are automatically deleted again when you leave our website. Persistent cookies, on the other hand, remain on your terminal device until the cookies either reach an expiration date set by us or are manually deleted by you in your browser. We use such persistent cookies to recognize you the next time you visit our website. You can find the exact storage period under point 3..

1. 7. 7. Recipients of data

For the operation and administration of the website, we regularly use IT service providers who, according to our order and instructions, may also have access to personal data in order to be able to provide the commissioned IT services (“order processors”).

We also transfer your personal data to the following recipients:

• to external third parties to the extent necessary on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. auditors, insurance companies in the event of an insurance claim, legal representatives in the event of an occasion, etc.);
• to authorities and other public bodies to the extent required by law (e.g. tax authorities, courts, etc.).

Your data will not be passed on to any other third parties for their own purposes without your consent.

8. 8. Rights of the data subject

8.1 Right to information

You have the right to obtain information from us about all data relating to you that is processed by us. You have the right to request information about whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 DSGVO in connection with the transfer.

8.2 Right to rectification and right to restriction of processing

You may request the rectification or completion of inaccurate or incomplete data. You may, in certain circumstances, for example, if the accuracy of data is in dispute until the accuracy has been verified, request restriction of the processing of data to the effect that it may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of substantial public interest.

8.3 Right to data portability

You may request that we send you – or, if technically feasible, a third party designated by you – a copy of your data in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance by the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

• the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a DSGVO or Art. 9 (2) a DSGVO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) b DSGVO and
• the processing is carried out with the help of automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transferred directly from us to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. Freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

8.4 Right to deletion

You have the right to have data deleted in certain circumstances, such as when it is not processed in accordance with data protection requirements.

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

8.5 Right to object

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) DSGVO.

In this case, we will no longer process the personal data concerning you, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

8.6 Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

8.7 Supervisory authority

Notwithstanding any other legal remedies, 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 assumed. In Austria, the competent authority is the Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna, e-mail dsb@dsb.gv.at, telephone: +43 1 52 152-0.

Status: November 2022