Valid from: February 18, 2025
The protection of your data is important to us. Your data is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of the applicable legal provisions, in particular the GDPR. In this privacy policy, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing on our website (hereinafter referred to as ” Privacy policy“). Our privacy policy explains how we collect, use and pass on your data.
The terms “Impact Hub Vienna”, “we”, “us” and “our” include Impact Hub Vienna GmbH and our affiliated companies. We use the terms “customer”, “user”, “you” and “your” to refer to all persons who use our services, participate in relevant events or receive information from us, including organizations or persons who use the services of Impact Hub Vienna on behalf of an organization.
As part of a joint responsibility pursuant to Art 26 GDPR, all of the controllers listed below have determined that all obligations are fulfilled at Impact Hub Vienna, Lindengasse 56, 1070 Vienna, in particular with regard to the exercise of the rights of data subjects and that Impact Hub Vienna complies with all information obligations pursuant to Articles 12 et seq. of the GDPR in this data protection declaration.
The joint controllers are Impact Hub Vienna GmbH, FN 333527g and Impact Hub Education gGmbH, FN 625561v.
We collect information that you provide to us when you create your profile, select interests or groups, fill out a form or communicate with us. The information we collect includes your
To analyze room performance, user behavior, tariff compliance and other key figures, we collect, process and use data from access systems, in particular, but not exclusively, when and where you enter or leave the premises. Such data may also be provided to us by third parties.
We may collect information about you from other sources, such as other third party sources. In order to provide you with tailored recommendations, we may obtain information about you from publicly and commercially available sources and from other third parties as permitted by law. In this case, we will inform you of the collection of your data from public registers within one month. For more information about the data we receive from these providers, please contact us at vienna.hosts@impacthub.net
We also collect information such as usage statistics using cookies, server logs and similar technologies.
Log information: We collect log information about your use of services and platforms, including the type of browser you use, the time, duration and frequency of your access, the platform pages you view, your IP address and the page you visited before coming to our platform.
Device informationWe collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our services and platforms, including hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers and mobile network information.
You can find more information on this in our cookie policy: https://vienna.impacthub.net/cookie-policy-eu/.
We use pixel tags. These are electronic images that can be used in our platform or in emails and track the use of our platform and the effectiveness of communication.
A pixel from Facebook Ireland Limited (Website Custom Audience Pixel) is integrated on this website. This pixel pseudonymizes information about your use of this website (e.g. information about articles viewed). The information collected can be used for personalization, e.g. to advertise preferred product groups and products to you on your Facebook account.
This website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition “Social plugin from Facebook” or “Facebook Social Plugin”. An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.
The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for data transfers to the USA, according to which the United States guarantees an adequate level of protection comparable to that of the European Union.
When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, which integrates it into the website.
By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign your visit to our website to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Like” button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is also sent directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.
Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and the needs-based design of Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook’s data protection information: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
Data processing is carried out on the basis of the statutory provisions of Section 96 (3) TKG and Article 6 (1) (a) (consent) and/or Article 6 (1) (f) (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Videos from the YouTube portal, a company of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), are integrated on our website. When a video is played, a connection to the YouTube or Google servers is established. This tells these servers which of our websites you have visited. If you are logged in to YouTube as a member, YouTube assigns this information to your personal user account.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google or YouTube as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google’s data protection information: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
If you do not want Google or YouTube to assign the data collected via our website directly to your profile, you can also completely prevent the Google plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker “No Script” ( http://noscript.net/).
Data processing is carried out on the basis of the statutory provisions of Section 96 (3) TKG and Article 6 (1) (a) (consent) and/or Article 6 (1) (f) (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation.
The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for data transfers to the USA, according to which the United States guarantees an adequate level of protection comparable to that of the European Union.
This website uses services provided by HubSpot Inc (“HubSpot”), located at 2 Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA. HubSpot is an integrated software platform that we use to cover various aspects of our online marketing. This includes email marketing, social media marketing and contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM). The information collected is stored on the servers of our software partner HubSpot.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by HubSpot as well as your rights in this regard can be found in HubSpot’s data protection information: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy . “
The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for data transfers to the USA, according to which the United States guarantees an adequate level of protection comparable to that of the European Union. HubSpot has certified the Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
This website uses the services of Bit Carvers, sro (“Bit Carvers”), based in Neklanova 112/9, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic. Bit Carvers is an integrated software platform that we use to develop, maintain and manage our customer database and to bill for the services offered. You can view the data processing agreement between Impact Hub and Bit Carvers here: https://drive.google.com/file/ d/16a3cz3AwKse- QpmGwbgeYU8Mi1YwQFE7/view?usp= sharing .
You can set your computer to warn you each time a cookie is sent, or you can deactivate cookies in general. You can do this via your browser settings, use the help function of your browser for the correct cookie setting. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
You provide us with the data listed under point 2 voluntarily, whereby the data processing takes place on the basis of your consent for the following purposes:
Your data will be processed in accordance with Art. 6 GDPR, i.e. on the basis of your consent, for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures, for compliance with a legal obligation, for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority.
We pass on your information directly or in anonymized or aggregated form about you to:
We share information about you on our website or social media in accordance with your service agreements and choices, if you have consented to this.
We take measures to ensure that third parties or service providers only access, process and store your information for the purposes authorized by us and in compliance with confidentiality obligations.
In addition to networking with your local Impact Hub community, membership of Impact Hub Vienna also offers you the opportunity to network and collaborate with the global Impact Hub.
To facilitate this opportunity for exchange and collaboration on a global level, Impact Hub offers you access to our own social networking platform, the Community App. The Community App has been provided and is operated by Impact Hub Zürich AG, Sihlquai 131, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland.
In order to create your personal profile in the community app, we pass on some information about you to the provider of the community app, Impact Hub Zürich AG, Sihlquai 131, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland. Until you actively register for the community app, this information is only available to the responsible employees of Impact Hub GmbH and the employees of Impact Hub Vienna.
As a member of the app, you can access the app for members or the online platform via your login. In the app and on the online platform, you can manage personal data, communicate with other members, use the services provided and view information provided by the Impact Hub Vienna or by other members. If you have registered in the app or on the online platform, we may link your online usage data, such as the way you use the app or the online platform and the services provided via the app or the online platform, or the data you provide to us via the app or the online platform, with other member data that we collect and process in connection with your use of our services and process it for the provision of the services and functions in the app or the online platform, for marketing purposes and for the evaluation, improvement and new development of services and functions. This is also possible after you have logged out of the app or online platform.
With your permission, we may allow others to use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Services and Platforms and other websites and online services.
We generally store personal data that we collect from you until the end of our business relationship or until the expiry of the statutory retention period. If you are a customer, potential customer or former customer, we will store your personal data for marketing purposes until you object or withdraw your consent.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information you provide to third parties, such as other members, external event/workshop organizers and network administrators, and other people with whom you may share information about yourself. Our Services and Platforms may direct you to third party services, such as social media services, or parts of our Platforms may be controlled by third parties. The sharing of information with these third parties is subject to their privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or content of third parties, even if we link to these services from our Platforms or share information with these third parties.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. In this case, we will inform you by publishing the current version and changing the date at the top of this page. We will also inform you of any significant changes to this privacy policy, e.g. by e-mail.
Irrespective of your nationality or place of residence, we grant you, among other things, all rights in relation to your personal data that the European General Data Protection Regulation grants to data subjects. These rights include:
You have the right to information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, the purpose of data processing and a right to rectification, data transfer, objection, restriction of processing and blocking or erasure of incorrect or inadmissibly processed data at any time.
You also have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data at any time. Your request for information, deletion, correction, objection and/or data transfer can be sent to this e-mail address: vienna.hosts@impacthub.net
If your personal data that we have stored about you is incorrect, inaccurate or out of date, you have the right to request the correction of these errors. All you need to do is send a short e-mail to : vienna.hosts@impacthub.net
We process your personal data primarily on the basis of your consent, which you give us by accepting this privacy policy or by your conclusive consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can do this by sending an e-mail to: vienna.hosts@impacthub.net or by deleting your personal profile.
You can exercise this right by selecting the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in our marketing emails. You can also change your email preferences in your account settings.
For further information, please contact your local data protection authority. The contact details of the data protection authorities in the European Union you will find here .
If you wish to exercise your rights, have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to contact us or want to know how we use personal data, please contact us electronically at: vienna.hosts@impacthub.net .