Privacy Policy

Controller

The controller responsible for the processing described in this Privacy Policy is:

Trusted EuroTechnology GmbH
Favoritenstraße 60/1
1040 Wien
Austria

VAT identification number: ATU83560479

Email: info@trusted-euro-technology.eu

Represented by: Managing Directors Prof. Dr. Christoph Bauer & Emanuel Peruzzi BSc. (Hons)

Data Protection Officer

For privacy-related questions, please contact us using the contact details provided above.

1. Personal Data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes the following categories of personal data that we process at TET:

·            Your contact and business details (such as first name and surname, professional titel, address, email address, telephone number, etc.),

·            Customer data (such as billing details, user profiles, address, order history, payment details, etc.),

·            your correspondence with us,

·            Certification application and assessment data (such as company ownership and control, European value creation, etc.),

·            Website and device usage data (such as Log files containing information about your visit to our website, cookie IDs, IP addresses, etc.),

·            Application data (such as diplomas and certificates)

2. Use of Cookies

General information about cookies

Cookies are data records stored in the browser’s databases. For example, user identification numbers are stored here, which are transmitted to the user’s computer when the website is used and managed there. The data records are retained there for later access. Typical uses of cookies include language selection, documentation of consent or user authentication.

Session cookies
Session cookies are stored for the duration of a website visit and are then automatically deleted when the browser is closed. They ensure, for example, that video and audio files can be played, that your user input is temporarily stored whilst you are typing, and thus improve user-friendliness.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device even after you close your browser. These cookies can, for example, store your user preferences, such as language settings, and analyse user behaviour on our website. The storage period for persistent cookies is determined individually for each cookie. Once this period has expired, they are automatically deleted.

Information on the individual cookies, including their duration, can be found within the cookie banner.

Withdrawal of consent for cookies

You can change or withdraw your consent to the use of cookies via the following link: https://trusted-euro-technology.eu/cookie-preferences

3. Purpose of Use

We process your data for the following purposes :

•               to correspond with you,

•               to fulfil contracts with you,

•               for marketing purposes, such as sending our newsletter,

•               for quality assurance and statistics,

•               to provide our service and for the certification process,

•               for your participation in our events,

•               for your participation in our surveys,

•               to process your application,

•               to improve our service,

4. Legal Basis

We process your data on the following legal bases  :

•           Your consent, provided you have given it to us (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR),

•           the initiation or performance of a contract with you (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR),

•           compliance with legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR),

•           the pursuit of our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)

5. Legitimate Interests

The processing of your data serves to safeguard the following legitimate interests:

•               the improvement of our services,

•               to protect our systems from misuse,

•               the compilation of statistics,

•               to retain our correspondence with you,

6. Requirement and Obligation to provide Data

Unless expressly stated, the provision of your data is neither required nor mandatory.

7. Data Sources

Unless we obtain the data from you or via the devices you use, it comes from the following sources:

•           Public company, commercial and beneficial-ownership registers, where legally accessible

•           B2B contacts from our project/business partners and from publicly available source

8. Retention Period

We store your data ,

•           if you have consented to the processing, for no longer than until you withdraw your consent;

•           if we require the data to perform a contract, for no longer than the duration of the contractual relationship with you;

•           if we use the data on the basis of a legitimate interest, for no longer than until your interest in erasure or anonymisation outweighs that interest;

•           where statutory retention obligations apply, until the end of the retention periods.

9. Data Recipients

When processing your data, we work with the following service providers who have access to your data  :

•           Providers of web analytics tools,

•           Web hosting and web development providers,

•           IT development service providers,

•           Payment service providers,

•           Email and newsletter providers,

•           CRM system providers,

•           cloud services,

•           Conference and webinar software,

•           Online survey service providers,

•           Chat software providers,

•           social media platforms,

•           Accounting and invoicing service providers,

•           External document management providers,

In addition, in individual cases, business partners such as lawyers or project partners receive your data.

Also, when processing your data, we work together with the following service providers who have access to your data:[SB1] 

LinkedIn Page

We operate a LinkedIn Page (“Business Services”) on LinkedIn, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter “LinkedIn”).

We use our company page to contact and communicate with LinkedIn members and visitors, to provide information about our company and its products and services. If you contact us, we may view the information you have posted on LinkedIn as a LinkedIn member. If you share, like or comment on our content or if you mention our company profile on LinkedIn, we can also access to this information.

When a Member visits, follows or engages with the Page, LinkedIn processes personal data to provide Page Insights to us. It enables us to improve our marketing activities.  LinkedIn will process data that was provided by the Member to LinkedIn, such as job function, country, industry, seniority, company size, and employment status data from a member’s profile. Additionally, LinkedIn will process information on how a member has interacted with our company page.

We have concluded an agreement with LinkedIn, the Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum (the “Addendum”). This user agreement is incorporated into the LinkedIn Pages Terms and sets out the responsibilities of LinkedIn and us with respect to the processing of Page Insights. The Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum is available here: https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controlleraddendum. 

For more information about Page Insights and how to exercise your data subject rights, please see the "Page Insights Information". For more detailed information about how LinkedIn processes what personal data, including how you can exercise your data subject rights against LinkedIn, please see LinkedIn’s privacy policy is published here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

10. Transfer to third countries

Data is transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area. We only transfer personal data to third countries where the European Commission has confirmed an adequate level of protection, or where we can ensure the careful handling of personal data through contractual agreements or other suitable safeguards, such as certifications or proven compliance with international security standards.

11. Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

•           To request information about the processing of your data, as well as to receive a copy of your personal data. You may, among other things, request information regarding the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed, the recipients of the data (where disclosure takes place), the duration of storage or the criteria for determining the duration;

•           to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, or to have it transmitted to another controller;

•           to have your data rectified. If your personal data is incomplete, you have the right to have the data completed, taking into account the purposes of the processing;

•           to have your data erased or restricted;

•           to have the processing restricted;

•           to object to the processing of your data;

•           to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data for the future

and

•           to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority regarding unlawful data processing. The Austrian supervisory authority is:

Austrian Data Protection Authority
Barichgasse 40–42
1030 Vienna
Austria

Telephone: +43 1 52 152-0
Email: dsb@dsb.gv.at

These contact details are published by the Austrian Data Protection Authority.

You may also contact us first at info@trusted-euro-technology.eu and we will try to address your concern.

Automated decision-making, including profiling

 
We do not carry out automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22 of the GDPR.

12. Status of the Privacy Policy

We will update the information in the event of changes to our processes.

Date of this privacy policy: August 2026

Legal contact

Operator

Trusted E-Technology GmbH

Address

Favoritenstraße 60/1, 1040 Wien, Austria

Email

info@trusted-euro-technology.eu