1. Privacy Notice and GDPR Conditions for Our Private Online Community for Business Professionals
    • Effective Date: August 2023
    • At virteos-partners.com, we are committed to maintaining the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Notice outlines the data processing practices for our private online community tailored for business professionals, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
  2. Data Controller
  3. Personal Data Collected
    • We collect and process the following categories of personal data from our users:
      • Registration Information: When you sign up for our private online community, we collect your name, email address, and professional background to create and manage your user account.
      • Profile Information: You have the option to provide additional information such as your profile picture, job title, company, and areas of expertise to enhance your community experience.
      • Community Interactions: We collect the content of your posts, comments, and interactions within the community, including discussions, comments, and shared content.
  4. Purpose of Data Processing
    • We process your personal data for the following purposes:
      • User Authentication and Account Management: To create and manage your user account, verify your identity, and provide access to the private online community.
      • Community Interactions: To facilitate discussions, information sharing, and collaboration among business professionals within the community.
      • Communication: To send you important notifications, updates, and information related to the community.
  5. Legal Basis for Processing
    • We process your personal data on the following legal bases:
      • Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (our terms of use) for providing access to the private online community.
      • Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by us, which include maintaining a secure and engaging community environment for business professionals.
  6. Data Retention
    • We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter, in accordance with our data retention policies. You can request the deletion of your account and associated data at any time.
  7. Third-Party Services
    • We use Google Fonts to enhance the visual experience of our community. While we do not manipulate data through cookies or send data to Google services, please note that Google Fonts may collect certain technical information as described in Google’s privacy policy.
  8. Your Rights
    • Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
      • Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
      • Rectification: You can correct inaccuracies in your personal data.
      • Erasure: You can request the deletion of your account and associated data.
      • Data Portability: You can request to receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.
      • Objection: You can object to certain processing activities based on legitimate interests.
      • We are dedicated to ensuring the protection and privacy of your personal data within our private online community. By using our community, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Notice.
  9. Pricing:
    • The Use of the Platform is for free.
  10. Collaboration:
    • Each virteos Partner will provide the other virteos Partner on an ongoing basis with information about work conducted for Common Client(s) observing confidentiality norms.
    • The firm performing a referred engagement shall be solely responsible for arranging with the referring firm’s client the scope and terms of the performing firm’s services, including the billing and collection of fees in that regard.
    • Each party shall treat the confidential information furnished to it by the other Virteos Partner hereto as confidential and shall take or cause to be taken such reasonable precautions as are necessary to prevent disclosure of it to any other Virteos Partner for an unlimited period and no marketing or commercial use shall be made by any Virteos Partner based on such information without the prior written consent of the other Virteos Partner.
  11. Clients:
    • The names of the clients are strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed.
  12. Deregistration:
    • Each virteos Partner can deregister from the platform with 4 weeks notice. The Deregistration has to be announced to community.admin@virteos.at. 
    • The deregistration shall be executed within 4 weeks after reception of this notice at the latest. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the substantive Austrian law.
  13. Contact Us
    • If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to your personal data or our GDPR compliance, please contact our community admin community.admin@virteos.at

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