Supplementary data protection information in accordance with § 12 et seq GDPR.
General information on our data processing and data protection at Fronius can be found in our data
protection declaration at https://www.fronius
Special information on data processing within the scope of the E-Academy of our business units
Perfect Welding, Perfect Charging and Solar Energy
With the Fronius E-Academy, we offer our business partners, dealers and their employees an e-learning
tool that provides comprehensive information about our products and solutions.
Personal data that Fronius collects and processes as part of this data processing:
/ Name (such as first name, last name, name affixes, salutation)
/ personal data (such as gender, language, occupational group)
/ contact details (such as address, (mobile) phone number, e-mail address)
/ Company data (such as company name and address, size, locations, type of business relationship)
/ Invoice data
/ Bank and financial data (such as IBAN, BIC, credit institution, credit rating data)
/ Contract data (such as offer and order data)
/ Registration, login and log-in data (webinars)
/ Certificates, confirmations of participation
.com/en/data-privacy-statement.
The data is collected directly from you and processed in particular on the basis of the following legal
grounds and for the following purposes:
/ fulfilment of a contractual relationship or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures (Art 6 para
1 lit b GDPR)
Data processing may be carried out for the purposes of initiating pre-contractual measures or fulfilling
obligations arising from a contract concluded with you (such as inviting you to and providing you with the
E-Academy content) and/or on the basis of terms and conditions accepted by you.
/ on the basis of your consent (Art 6 para 1 lit a GDPR)
Any consent granted for the processing of your personal data for the purpose of E-Academy participation
or also for newsletter dispatch in this context can be revoked by you at any time with effect for the future.
Consents granted before the applicability of the GDPR (25 May 2018) can also be revoked. Processing that
took place before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
/ safeguarding the legitimate interests of Fronius within the framework of the balancing of interests (Art 6
Para 1 lit f GDPR)
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The purposes of the processing result from the protection of our legitimate interests. Our legitimate
interest can be used to justify the further processing of the data provided by you, provided that your
interests or fundamental rights and freedoms do not prevail. Our legitimate interest here lies in sending
information and offers about our products in connection with the E-Academy to existing customers or
users as well as interested parties. Our legitimate interest also lies in providing our customers and partners
with the best possible information on our products and thus increasing customer satisfaction. In individual
cases, our legitimate interest may also include checking your creditworthiness in order to reduce our risk
of default.
Duration of processing (criteria for deletion)
The data provided by you will be processed for as long as it is necessary to achieve the contractually agreed
purpose, in principle for as long as the contractual relationship with you exists. After termination of the
contractual relationship, the data provided by you will be processed in order to comply with statutory
retention obligations or on the basis of our legitimate interests, but for no longer than 10 years from the
date of provision. After that, the data provided by you will be deleted.
Further information on this data processing
As part of our service provision, we commission processors who contribute to the fulfilment of contractual
obligations, e.g. data processing centre service providers, IT partners, document shredders, etc. These
processors are contractually obligated by us to maintain professional confidentiality and to comply with
the requirements of the GDPR.
Depending on your needs, your personal data may also be transferred to training institutions, training
partners and trainers for the implementation of the event.
Your data will not be transferred to a third country.
No fully automated decision-making (including profiling) pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR is used to process the
data you have provided.
Your rights as a data subject of the data processing according to GDPR
Data subjects have the following rights at any time:
/ Right to information
You have the right to request information about your personal data that we process at any time within the
scope of Art. 15 GDPR.
/ Right of rectification and completion
Should your personal data be incorrect or incomplete, you have a right to rectification and completion
within the scope of Art. 16 GDPR.
/ Right to restrict processing
If the legal requirements are met, you may request restriction of the processing of your personal data
within the scope of Art. 18 GDPR.
/ Right to deletion
Within the scope of Art. 17 GDPR, you may request the deletion of your personal data at any time, unless
we are legally obliged or entitled to continue processing your data.
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/ Right to data portability
If processing is carried out on the basis of a contract or your consent and with the aid of automated
processes, you have the right, within the scope of Art. 20 GDPR, to have the personal data concerning you
transferred in a structured, common and machine-readable format, provided that this does not affect the
rights and freedoms of other persons.
/ Right of objection
You have the right to object to processing within the scope of Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as the data processing
is carried out for the purpose of direct marketing or profiling. You may object to processing on the basis of
a balance of interests by stating the reasons arising from your particular situation.
/ Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law
You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The
revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the
consent until the revocation.
/ Right to complain to a supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint
with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, in particular in the Member State of your
residence, workplace or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of
personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR. The supervisory authority to which the complaint has
been lodged will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the
possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR. The data protection authority or supervisory
authority responsible for us can be found below in the contact details.
To exercise your rights as a data subject, please contact us - by post, e-mail or fax - at the address given
below. Your request or your data will be processed without affecting the lawfulness of the processing
carried out up to the receipt of your request and insofar as the processing is reasonable for Fronius.
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The supervisory authority responsible for us:
Austrian Data Protection Authority
Barrichgasse 40-42
1030 Vienna
Responsible for data processing:
Fronius International GmbH