Privacy Policy

The pro­tec­tion of your per­son­al data is impor­tant to us.

This pri­va­cy pol­i­cy informs users of www.academia-superior.at or www.zukunftstyp.at and asso­ci­at­ed sub­do­mains about the nature, scope and pur­pose of the col­lec­tion and use of per­son­al data by ACADEMIA SUPERIOR — Insti­tute for Futures Research, Sci­ence Park 2, Altenberg­er Straße 69, 4040 Linz, on this website.

We process your data exclu­sive­ly on the basis of legal reg­u­la­tions (DSGVO, TKG 2003). For the pur­pose of trans­paren­cy, in the fol­low­ing, we explain the pos­si­ble data pro­cess­ing in the con­text of this website.

Con­tact­ing ACADEMIA SUPERIOR – Insti­tute for Future Studies

If you con­tact us by form on the web­site or by e‑mail, we will use your per­son­al data exclu­sive­ly to process your request (for exam­ple order­ing a pub­li­ca­tion). Should it be nec­es­sary to involve oth­er bod­ies for fur­ther pro­cess­ing, you will be informed. Your data will only be passed on with your con­sent and stored as long as legal­ly required or nec­es­sary to pre­o­cess your request.

Cook­ies

Our web­site uses so-called cook­ies. These are small text files that are stored on your device using your brows­er. They do no harm. Cook­ies make the web­site more user-friend­ly. Some cook­ies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These make it pos­si­ble to rec­og­nize your brows­er on the next vis­it. If you do not want this, you can set up your brows­er so that it informs you about the set­ting of cook­ies and you accept only in indi­vid­ual cookies.

The deac­ti­va­tion of cook­ies may lim­it the func­tion­al­i­ty of our website.

Web Analy­sis

This web­site uses the „Google Ana­lyt­ics” ser­vice pro­vid­ed by Google Inc. (1600 Amphithe­ater Park­way Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA) to ana­lyze users’ web­site usage. The ser­vice uses „cook­ies” — text files stored on your device. The infor­ma­tion col­lect­ed by the cook­ies is usu­al­ly sent to a Google serv­er in the US and stored there. This web­site uses IP anonymiza­tion. The IP address of users is short­ened with­in the mem­ber states of the EU and the Euro­pean Eco­nom­ic Area. This elim­i­nates the per­son­al ref­er­ence of your IP address. Under the terms of the agree­ment, that the web­site oper­a­tor has entered with Google Inc., they use the infor­ma­tion col­lect­ed to com­pile an eval­u­a­tion of web­site activ­i­ty and site activ­i­ty, and pro­vide Inter­net-relat­ed services.

You have the option to pre­vent the stor­age of cook­ies on your device by mak­ing the appro­pri­ate set­tings in your brows­er. There is no guar­an­tee that you will be able to access all fea­tures of this web­site with­out restric­tion if your brows­er does not allow cookies.

Fur­ther­more, you can use a brows­er plug-in to pre­vent the infor­ma­tion col­lect­ed by cook­ies (includ­ing your IP address) from being sent to Google Inc. and used by Google Inc. The fol­low­ing link leads you to the cor­re­spond­ing plu­g­in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Here’s more infor­ma­tion on Google Inc’s data usage: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Newslet­ters, invi­ta­tions to events, pub­li­ca­tions, insights

We will be hap­py if you sub­scribe to var­i­ous news ser­vices on our web­site (newslet­ter about once a month, invi­ta­tions to events, pub­li­ca­tions, insights). To pro­vide you with news ser­vices, we need your e‑mail address, your first and last name and your con­sent that you agree to receiv­ing the newslet­ter. Once you have sub­scribed to the newslet­ter (con­sent), you will receive an e‑mail with a con­fir­ma­tion link. Only when you click on the link will your reg­is­tra­tion be acti­vat­ed (dou­ble opt-in).

For sta­tis­ti­cal pur­pos­es, we eval­u­ate which links in the newslet­ter are clicked on. If the set­tings in your e‑mail pro­gram allow you to con­nect to the Inter­net when open­ing an e‑mail mes­sage, we will eval­u­ate the open­ing of the newslet­ter. If you no longer wish to receive these mes­sages, you will find an unsub­scribe link at the end of each newslet­ter. This link leads to a web­site where you can con­firm the can­cel­la­tion with one click. In addi­tion, a can­cel­la­tion is always pos­si­ble by e‑mail to office@academia-superior.at. We will process your dereg­is­tra­tion with­in one work­ing day and you will no longer receive this newslet­ter ser­vice in the future.

Event reg­is­tra­tion, con­fir­ma­tion, information

We appre­ci­ate your inter­est in our events. You can reg­is­ter for our events via an online form on our web­site, by e‑mail or by phone. For the suc­cess­ful reg­is­tra­tion we need your e‑mail address, your first and last name and your con­sent that you agree to receive fur­ther infor­ma­tion relat­ed to our events.

To pre­cess your reg­is­tra­tion and the pro­vi­sion of fur­ther infor­ma­tion, your per­son­al data will be trans­mit­ted to our proces­sor for event man­age­ment, with whom we have an agree­ment on data pro­cess­ing in com­pli­ance with the data pro­tec­tion reg­u­la­tions. For the pur­pose of the event man­age­ment, your data may also be made avail­able to oth­er par­tic­i­pants and / or mod­er­a­tors and speak­ers. Fur­ther­more, by reg­is­ter­ing for the event, you take note of the fact that pho­tos and videos will be tak­en dur­ing the event which will then be published.

Your Rights

You have the rights to infor­ma­tion, cor­rec­tion, restric­tion, dele­tion, data porta­bil­i­ty, revo­ca­tion and oppo­si­tion. If you have rea­son to believe that the pro­cess­ing of your data vio­lates data pro­tec­tion law or your data pro­tec­tion claims have oth­er­wise been vio­lat­ed in any way, we are at your dis­pos­al for clar­i­fi­ca­tion at any time. You also have the right to com­plain to the Aus­tri­an Data Pro­tec­tion Author­i­ty (www.dsb.gv.at).

You can con­tact us at:

ACADEMIA SUPERIOR – Gesellschaft für Zukunftsforschung
Sci­ence Park 2
Altenberg­er Straße 69
4040 Linz
Tel +43 732 778899
office@academia-superior.at

Face­book Social Media Plugins

Our web­site uses social plu­g­ins („plu­g­ins”) of the social net­work facebook.com, 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 „Face­book Social Plu­g­in”. You can find infor­ma­tion on all Face­book plu­g­ins at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

If you vis­it a web­site that con­tains such a plu­g­in, your brows­er estab­lish­es a direct con­nec­tion to Face­book servers. The con­tent of the plu­g­in is trans­mit­ted by Face­book direct­ly to your brows­er and incor­po­rat­ed into the web­site. We have no influ­ence what­so­ev­er on the nature and extent of the data trans­mit­ted by the plu­g­in to the Face­book Inc. servers. Fur­ther infor­ma­tion on this top­ic can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084

By inte­grat­ing the plu­g­ins, Face­book receives the infor­ma­tion that your IP address has accessed the cor­re­spond­ing page of our web­site. If you are logged in to Face­book, Face­book can assign the vis­it to your Face­book account. If you inter­act with the plu­g­ins, for exam­ple, press the „Like” but­ton or leave a com­ment, the cor­re­spond­ing infor­ma­tion is trans­mit­ted from your brows­er direct­ly to Face­book and stored there.

To find out more about the pur­pose and scope of the data col­lec­tion and the fur­ther pro­cess­ing and use of the data by Face­book, as well as your relat­ed rights and set­tings options for the pro­tec­tion of your pri­va­cy, please refer to the pri­va­cy pol­i­cy of Face­book at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation. If you do not want Face­book to col­lect data about you via our web­site, you must log out of Face­book before vis­it­ing our website.

Google+ But­ton

This web­site uses the „+1” but­ton on the Google Plus social net­work oper­at­ed by Google Inc., 1600 Amphithe­ater Park­way, Moun­tain View, CA 94043, Unit­ed States („Google”). The but­ton is rec­og­niz­able by the sign „+1” on a white or col­ored background.

When a user access­es a web page that includes such a but­ton, the brows­er estab­lish­es a direct con­nec­tion to Google’s servers. The con­tent of the „+1” but­ton is trans­mit­ted by Google direct­ly to the brows­er and incor­po­rat­ed into the web­site. The provider there­fore has no influ­ence on the amount of data that Google col­lects with the but­ton. Accord­ing to Google, no per­son­al data is col­lect­ed with­out a click on the but­ton. Only when logged in to a Google account, such data, includ­ing the IP address, are col­lect­ed and processed.

To receive fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the pur­pose and scope of the data col­lec­tion and the  pro­cess­ing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights and options to pro­tect your pri­va­cy, users can access Google’s pri­va­cy notices to the „+1” but­ton: https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy

Google Maps

Twit­ter Social Media Plugins

This web­site uses the but­tons and plu­g­ins of the ser­vice Twit­ter. These but­tons are pro­vid­ed by Twit­ter Inc., 795 Fol­som St., Suite 600, San Fran­cis­co, CA 94107, USA. They are rec­og­niz­able by terms such as „Twit­ter” or „Fol­low”, com­bined with a styl­ized blue bird. With the help of the but­tons it is pos­si­ble to share a post or page on Twit­ter or to fol­low the provider on Twitter.

When a user access­es a web page con­tain­ing such a but­ton or plu­g­in, the brows­er estab­lish­es a direct con­nec­tion with the servers of Twit­ter. The con­tent of the Twit­ter but­tons is trans­mit­ted by Twit­ter direct­ly to the user’s brows­er. The provider there­fore has no influ­ence on the extent of the data that Twit­ter col­lects with the help of this plu­g­in. Accord­ing to our knowl­edge, the IP address of the user and the URL of the web page with the but­ton is trans­mit­ted for no ther pur­pose than the appear­ance of the button.

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion can be found in the pri­va­cy pol­i­cy of Twit­ter at http://twitter.com/privacy.

But­tons by Pinterest

This web­site uses the „pin-it” but­ton of the inter­net ser­vice „Pin­ter­est”. These but­tons are pro­vid­ed by Pin­ter­est Inc. 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. They are rec­og­niz­able by a red but­ton with a white „P”.

With the help of the but­tons it is pos­si­ble to share or mark a page on Pin­ter­est. If the user uses Pin­ter­est, vis­its web­sites, or uses an app that has Pin­ter­est fea­tures (such as the „pin-it” but­ton), Pin­ter­est will auto­mat­i­cal­ly receive log data, such as the IP address, the address of the web­site, kind and set­tings of the brows­er, date and time of access, the man­ner of use by the user, infor­ma­tion about the device used by the user and infor­ma­tion about so-called cook­ies. Pin­ter­est also sets so-called cookies.

If you do not want Pin­ter­est to col­lect data about you via our web­site, you must log out of Pin­ter­est before vis­it­ing our website.

The data is used by Pin­ter­est to offer suit­able pins and pin­boards to the user and to show per­son­al­ized adver­tise­ments. More infor­ma­tion can be found at http://about.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy.

Insta­gram Social Media Plugins

This web­site uses the „Insta­gram” plu­g­ins and but­tons of the inter­net ser­vice „Insta­gram”. They are pro­vid­ed by Insta­gram, LLC, 1601 Wil­low Road, Men­lo Park, CA 94025, USA. If the user uses Insta­gram, vis­its web­sites, or uses an app that has Insta­gram fea­tures (such as the „Insta­gram” but­ton), Insta­gram will auto­mat­i­cal­ly receive log data, such as the IP address, the address of the web­site vis­it­ed, type, and set­tings of the brows­er, date and time of web­site access, the man­ner of use by the user, infor­ma­tion on the device used by the user and infor­ma­tion about so-called cook­ies. Insta­gram also sets itself so-called cookies.

If you do not want Insta­gram to col­lect data about you via our web­site, you must log out of Insta­gram before vis­it­ing our website.

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion can be found at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.

YouTube Social Media Plugins

Our web­site uses plu­g­ins from YouTube, oper­at­ed by Google. Site oper­a­tor is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cher­ry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you vis­it one of our sites con­tain­ing YouTube plu­g­ins, you will be con­nect­ed to the servers of YouTube. The Youtube serv­er will be informed about which of our pages you visited.

If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to asso­ciate your brows­ing behav­ior direct­ly with your per­son­al pro­file. You can pre­vent this by log­ging out of your YouTube account.

For more infor­ma­tion about how to han­dle user data, please read the YouTube Pri­va­cy Pol­i­cy to be found at Google https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy

Flickr Social Media Plugins

This web­site uses plu­g­ins from the pho­to com­mu­ni­ty Flickr oper­at­ed by Fan­tas­tic Fox, Inc. It is owned by Smug­Mug Inc., Suite 200, 67E Eve­lyn Avenue, Moun­tain View, CA 94041, USA. If you go to a sec­tion of our page that con­tains such a plu­g­in, your brows­er will con­nect to Flickr’s servers (Smug­Mug). The con­tents of the Flickr gallery will be sent direct­ly to your brows­er by Smug­Mug and inte­grat­ed into the web­site by Smug­Mug. We have no con­trol over the amount of data that Smug­Mug col­lects using this plugin.

For mem­bers logged in at Flickr, such data, includ­ing the IP address, are col­lect­ed and processed. To find out more about the purpose and scope of the data col­lec­tion and the fur­ther pro­cess­ing and use of the data by Smug­Mug as well as your respec­tive rights and set­ting options for the pro­tec­tion of your pri­va­cy, please refer to Smug­Mugs data pro­tec­tion infor­ma­tion about the Flickr but­ton: https://www.smugmug.com/about/terms-flickr.

If you are a mem­ber of Flickr or Smuck­Mug and you do not want Smug­Mug to col­lect infor­ma­tion about you from our web­site and asso­ciate it with your mem­ber data stored at Smug­Mug, you must log out of Flickr pri­or to vis­it­ing this website.

Sound­cloud Social Media Plugins

On our pages plu­g­ins of the social net­work Sound­Cloud (Sound­Cloud Lim­it­ed, Bern­ers House, 47–48 Bern­ers Street, Lon­don W1T 3NF, Unit­ed King­dom.) may be inte­grat­ed. The Sound­Cloud plu­g­ins can be rec­og­nized by the Sound­Cloud logo on the respec­tive pages.

When you vis­it our pages, a direct con­nec­tion is estab­lished between your brows­er and the Sound­Cloud serv­er after acti­vat­ing the plu­g­in. Sound­Cloud receives the infor­ma­tion that you have vis­it­ed our site with your IP address. If you click the „Like” or „Share” but­ton while logged into your Sound­Cloud account, you may link and / or share the con­tents of our pages with your Sound­Cloud pro­file. This allows Sound­Cloud to asso­ciate your account with our pages. We point out that we as the provider of the pages are not aware of the con­tent of the trans­mit­ted data and their use by Sound­Cloud. For more infor­ma­tion, please ref­ere to the Sound­Cloud Pri­va­cy State­ment at https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy

If you do not want Sound­cloud to asso­ciate the vis­it to our pages with your Sound­Cloud user account, please log out of your Sound­Cloud user account before enabling con­tent from the Sound­Cloud plugin.

Data entered in forms on this web­site (com­ments, guest blogs)

All input by the user is express­ly made on a vol­un­tary basis.

Your guest con­tri­bu­tion can be edit­ed by ACADEMIA SUPERIOR and pub­lished in its own dis­cre­tion in a suit­able form. Should pro­found changes be nece­sary, you will be informed in advance. In any case, your name will be men­tioned. At your request, your con­tri­bu­tion will be delet­ed with­in three work­ing days.

ACADEMIA SUPERIOR reserves the right not to pub­lish or to remove com­ments and con­tri­bu­tions that vio­late crim­i­nal or civ­il law or that con­tra­dict cus­toms and moral standards.