This website is owned and operated by Sourcing International SI1010 GmbH, Peregringasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria. We can be contacted at that address or via office@sourcing-international.org.

We process your data exclusively as described in the following. Should we intend to process your data for any other purpose, we will inform you separately before initiating such processing. If you are obliged to provide certain data for a specific purpose, this is indicated by an asterisk (*). Unless you provide the required data, we are generally not able to provide the related service. You are not obliged to provide any other data. We do not collect or process any special categories of personal data, and we do not use automated decision-making or profiling pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR.

When accessing this website or interacting with it, some of your personal data will be processed. By visiting this website and browsing its contents, you consent to your web browser automatically sending us certain technical data including your IP address, the site from which you were referred to us, and your browser type and version number. This data is temporarily stored and processed by us for the purposes of providing you with the contents of this website, customising your user experience, and allowing us to evaluate your use of the website in order to further improve it. This data will be automatically deleted or anonymised after a maximum period of one year. Our legal basis for this use of your data is our legitimate interest in maintaining the proper functioning of this website. In addition, this website uses cookies. For more information on our use of cookies, please refer to our cookie policy.

Furthermore, whenever you choose to interact with us, notably by sending us a message or by registering for a newsletter, we will process additional personal data that you choose to submit This data will only be processed for the purposes indicated at the time of interaction, i.e. handling your request, sending you the requested information, or providing you with periodic updates or information about our events, publications, and news if you have explicitly opted to receive such communication. Our legal basis for such processing is your explicit consent as expressed through your submission of a message for the indicated purpose. Personal data that you choose to submit to us will be retained by us for as long as necessary to handle your request. Since processing in these cases is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time or object to further processing at any time via the contact details noted above. The lawfulness of the processing prior to such withdrawal is unaffected by this.

For the purpose of operating this website, your data may be passed on to third-party service providers (e.g. maintenance and hosting service providers) on which we rely, which may be located outside the EU/EEA. Such service providers will be bound to us by appropriate contractual agreements which satisfy the requirements of the GDPR. No personal data will be transferred to a third country outside of the EU/EEA unless that country has obtained an affirmative adequacy finding, or unless the service provider is participant of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, or bound to us using approved standard contractual clauses as chosen by us. Apart from such service providers, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

You have the right to exercise your right to information (including with regard to our third-party service providers outside the EU/EEA), rectification, erasure and, if applicable, restriction of processing via the contact details noted above. Furthermore, if you feel that we have not responded appropriately to your requests, you may lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.