PRIVACY POLICY

The Austrian Institute for International Affairs (“oiip”, “we”, “us”, “our”) operates the PARTESS-COM website, platform and mobile application designed to improve safety around places of worship, schools, and religious communities by providing open resources and (for vetted users) collaboration tools and an incident-reporting function. The OIIP is therefore the data controller for the processing of personal data associated with these functions.

At PARTESS-COM, accessible from www.partess-com.eu, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information collected and recorded by PARTESS-COM and how we use it. If you have any questions or require further information about our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regard to the information they share and/or we collect on www.partess-com.eu. It does not apply to any data collected offline or through channels other than this website. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Free Privacy Policy Generator.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. When you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide. When you register for a subscription, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve, personalize, and expand our website
Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails
Find and prevent fraud
Operate our online reporting plattform (More on this under 2)

Log Files

PARTESS-COM follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, PARTESS-COM uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information. For more general information on cookies, please read the Cookies article on Generate Privacy Policy website.

Third Party Privacy Policies

PARTESS-COM's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Purpose of the Reporting Form:

This online reporting form allows individuals to report suspected or observed criminal activities directed against religious institutions. Reports may include information about incidents, affected institutions, and—where relevant—the names of suspected persons involved in such activities.

Types of Personal Data Processed:

When submitting a report, the following categories of personal data may be processed:

Information about the reporting person (e.g. IP-Adress)
Details of the reported incident (e.g. date, location, details of the incidents, but without any information about the suspects )

The provision of data is voluntary.

Legal Basis for Processing:

Following the completion of the research project, the reporting platform is operated by the consortium. In this operational phase, the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent).

Use and Disclosure of Data:

The information submitted via this form will be used solely for the purpose of reviewing and assessing reported criminal activities. Where necessary and legally permitted, the data may be shared with competent authorities, such as law enforcement agencies, for further investigation.

Personal data will not be used for commercial purposes or disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Accuracy and Responsibility:

Reporting persons are requested to provide information to the best of their knowledge and belief. Reports should be factual and objective. Submitting false or intentionally misleading information may have legal consequences.

Data Security:

Appropriate technical and organizational measures are implemented to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
The right to withdraw consent – You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. PARTESS-COM does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.