Data Protection

The Anton Bruckner Private University processes personal data to the extent necessary to fulfill contractual obligations and legal obligations. In addition, personal data is processed primarily for marketing purposes on the legal grounds of legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or on the basis of existing consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

If the data processing is carried out due to the fulfillment of contractual or legal obligations, the provision of the data is necessary to achieve the purpose.

For processing based on legitimate interests or consent, the provision of data by you is voluntary. Failure to provide the data has no consequences for the data subjects.

Student administration:

• Contract / contract initiation
• Statutory / legal obligation

All information as defined by Art 13 GDPR regarding student administration can be found in our privacy statement for students.

Personnel administration:

• Contract / contract initiation
• Statutory / legal obligation

Use of the Library:

• Contract / contract initiation

You can find all information within the meaning of Art 13 GDPR regarding the Library in our Library and User Regulations.

Marketing activities:

• Marketing (general), public relations, operation of a website, processing of photos of events: legitimate interest
• The legitimate interest is the ABPU's interest in initiating and intensifying business relationships with existing and potential customers
• Event or monthly program newsletter and monthly program (by post): Consent
• These consents can be revoked at any time (see Newsletter)

In the course of public relations work and the documentation of events, certain marketing activities are carried out that are predominantly based on legitimate interests. You can object to this processing within the meaning of Art. 21 GDPR. However, we assume that an objection will only lead to us no longer being allowed to process the data if there are reasons worthy of special consideration.

Course registration Elementary music education "Teaching practice":

• Contract / contract initiation

In order to participate in the courses offered by the Institute of Music Education as part of the subject "Teaching Practice", we process your personal data or data of other persons (e.g. your child) provided by you in our registration portal.

Teaching practice is part of the artistic pedagogical training at the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz and is carried out by students and faculty of the university, primarily from a methodological and didactic perspective. As part of the university's public relations work, images and audio recordings of teaching and stage activities are published on the Anton Bruckner Private University's homepage as well as in printed materials and social media channels (see "Marketing activities").

Academy for the Support of Gifted Children (ABF)

• Contract / Contract initiation

The Academy for the Support of Gifted Children (ABF) is a cooperation project of the Upper Austrian educational institutions for music. Cooperation partners are the Anton Bruckner Private University (ABPU), the Upper Austrian State Music School Association (LMSW), the City of Linz Music School and the Upper Secondary School for Music Students in Stifterstraße. Your application for admission to the ABF is based on the voluntary provision of your data, which is required for the processing of the aptitude test. Your data will be processed for communication purposes, for the transmission of invitations and results, among other things. Data may be disclosed to the cooperation partners in order to carry out the aptitude test. No other data will be passed on to third parties.

Upon successful admission to the Academy for the Support of Gifted Children and for the duration of the funding, your contact details and the results of the interim examinations will be updated periodically and the development of the participants will be collected. This data is transmitted to the cooperation partners and kept up to date to ensure that the services of the ABF can be utilized. Beyond this, no data is passed on to third parties.

In the case of completion of the main subject lessons at the ABPU, the data protection regulations for students of the Anton Bruckner Private University apply. Further information can be found in the Transfer of Rights and Privacy Statement linked above. 

Long Night of Research (LNF)

• legitimate interests

The LNF is an initiative of the federal and state governments to promote awareness of research and development in Austria. It takes place on a uniform day each year in all participating provinces and is advertised with supra-regional funds and regional funds in the participating provinces. Upper Austria Research GmbH (UAR) coordinates the LNF in Upper Austria as the federal state coordinator and carries out activities throughout Upper Austria.

As part of the LNF, we produce photographs and films at the Anton Bruckner Private University, which are used for our own marketing activities and are also sent to the coordinator UAR for marketing and documentation purposes. In addition, we receive images from the LNF from the UAR, which we can also use for our own marketing purposes. The image/sound recordings (or excerpts thereof) are processed electronically, in particular also published or distributed in any way whatsoever. There is no entitlement to remuneration for persons depicted. If you as a visitor do not agree to this, please inform the photographers accordingly.

Our marketing activities are carried out in the course of public relations work and the documentation of events and are mainly based on the legitimate interests of the ABPU. You can object to this processing within the meaning of Art. 21 GDPR. However, we assume that an objection will only lead to us no longer being allowed to process the data if there are reasons worthy of special consideration.

Transfer to recipients in third countries:

• The data from the above-mentioned processing activities are not usually transferred to recipients in third countries.

Type of information provided pursuant to Art. 14 GDPR:

The provision of information within the meaning of Art. 14 GDPR takes place in the context of the first use of the data, but at the latest within one month of collection. Disclosure of the data to third parties is not intended.

Purpose and content of the newsletter

We send event and monthly program newsletters only with the consent of the recipients. If the contents of a newsletter are specifically described in the registration, they are decisive for the consent of the users. In addition, our newsletters contain information about the ABPU's study and course offerings, events of the ABPU and its partners (this may include, in particular, references to blog posts, lectures, workshops, concerts or online presences).

Lawfulness of processing

In accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we inform you that the mailing of the event and monthly program newsletters is based on your consent in terms of point (a) of Article 6(1) GDPR as well as Article 7 GDPR. We are interested in using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves our business interests and meets the expectations of users.

Double opt-in and logging

Registration for our newsletters is carried out by means of a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registration you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with other e-mail addresses.

The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address.

Registration data

To register for a newsletter, we need your e-mail address as well as your first and last name in order to be able to personalize the newsletter for you.

In individual cases, the newsletter may also contain links to external websites, i.e. websites of third parties. However, ABPU has no influence on their content and the data protection standards of such linked sites. Liability on the part of ABPU for external links is therefore excluded.

Cancellation/withdrawal

You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. withdraw your consent. This will terminate your given consent to receive the newsletter. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each message.