This page contains the legally required information pursuant to § 5 of the Austrian E-Commerce Act (ECG) and § 25 of the Austrian Media Act (MedienG), as well as information on data protection in accordance with Articles 13 et seq. of the GDPR.
The protection of your personal data and barrier-free access to our content are important concerns for us. We process personal data exclusively within the framework of the applicable legal provisions and design this website in accordance with current standards of digital accessibility (WCAG 2.2) in order to ensure equal access for all users.
Imprint
HISTONETICA – Institute for Digital Relational Historical Network Research
Association Register No. (ZVR): 1853208691
Registered office: Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
Represented by the Executive Board: Dominik Hobek
E-mail: contact@histonetica.org
Website: www.histonetica.org
Responsible for content pursuant to § 25 (2) of the Austrian Media Act (MedienG):
Karina Hobek, Scientific Director
Disclaimer
The contents of this website are prepared with due care and are regularly updated. Nevertheless, no guarantee can be given as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information provided.
Despite careful review of content, we accept no liability for external links. The operators of the linked websites are solely responsible for their content.
Copyright
Unless otherwise stated, all content on this website is licensed under
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International.
Texts and images may be reused with attribution, for non-commercial purposes, and under the same license terms. Content provided by third parties is expressly excluded where indicated.
Data Protection
1. General Information
We treat personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations (GDPR, DSG).
This website serves exclusively to provide information about the HISTONETICA research project.
For statistical analysis of website usage, we use the privacy-friendly open-source analytics tool Matomo. It operates without cookies and with anonymised IP addresses.
2. Server Logs
When accessing this website, our hosting provider automatically collects and stores the following information transmitted by your browser:
anonymised IP address
date and time of access
browser type and browser version
operating system used
referrer URL
This data is stored for security reasons (e.g. to investigate cases of misuse) and is automatically deleted after a maximum of 30 days.
The data is not merged with other data sources.
3. Contact
If you contact us by e-mail, the personal data you provide will be stored exclusively for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case of follow-up questions.
This data will not be passed on without your explicit consent.
Processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) or Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in handling enquiries).
4. Web Analytics with Matomo
This website uses Matomo, a privacy-friendly open-source web analytics software operated on our own server.
Matomo does not use cookies.
IP addresses are anonymised before storage.
Data is not passed on to third parties.
Data processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest), as it serves the statistical analysis of usage as well as the technical and content-related improvement of this website.
5. Cookies and External Services
This website does not use cookies.
No external tracking services (e.g. Google Analytics), no external fonts (e.g. Google Fonts), and no embedded third-party services (e.g. YouTube) are used.
6. Your Rights
At any time, you have the right to:
access your personal data processed by us (Article 15 GDPR)
rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data (Article 16 GDPR)
erasure of your data (“right to be forgotten”, Article 17 GDPR)
restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
object to processing (Article 21 GDPR)
To exercise your rights, please contact:
contact@histonetica.org
7. Withdrawal of Consent
If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future.
Withdrawal can be made informally by e-mail to:
contact@histonetica.org
8. Retention Period
Personal data collected in the course of contact will be deleted as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies or you request deletion, provided no statutory retention obligations exist.
9. Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Competent supervisory authority in Austria:
Austrian Data Protection Authority
Barichgasse 40–42
1030 Vienna
https://www.dsb.gv.at
Accessibility
This website has been designed with particular attention to digital accessibility. We strive to make all content accessible in accordance with current standards (WCAG 2.2). If you encounter any barriers, we would appreciate a brief notification by e-mail.