Registration

Data Protection Statement

Personal data

Any personal data (e.g. name, mailing address, email address, other personal information) you submit to Vienna University of Economics and Business (hereinafter referred to as WU) will be used only for the indicated purpose, stored securely, and not disclosed to third parties, unless expressly required by law. WU will send you a confirmation if you have signed up for specific services.

Your right to withdraw consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, your data will be deleted immediately, so that it can no longer be used in any way. You can find the appropriate email addresses you can contact to withdraw your consent or unsubscribe wherever you originally signed up for the respective mailing list, database, or newsletter.

Usage data

For each visit of the WU website or access to content provided on pages with the domain name “wu.ac.at,” WU sets a cookie on the device used to access its web content. These cookies are small pieces of data that are created on the visitor’s device for the sole purpose of adjusting the display settings of the accessed website to the device used.

You can deactivate cookies in your browser settings, but in some cases, this may affect the usability of the WU website.

Whenever WU web pages are accessed, the following data is stored on WU’s servers:

• IP address from which the WU web pages are accessed

• Access date and time

• Access method (e.g. GET)

• Accessed URL

• Access protocol used (e.g. HTTP/1.1)

• HTTP response status code

• File size

• Referring page (referrer URL)

• Operating system and browser type (user agent)

Analysis of the data collected

The stored data is analyzed for the following purposes:

• Generating anonymized usage statistics

• Website administration tasks

• Optimizing website usability

• Monitoring website usage and ensuring performance

• Compiling demographic data

• Improving the quality of the online content offered

• Ensuring correct operation

• Enforcing the applicable terms of use

The data is not used for any personalized analyses.

Liability

The materials and information provided on the WU website have been reviewed with great care. However, WU cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or validity of the information provided. Any liability on the part of WU is therefore expressly excluded. Links to external websites have been carefully chosen. However, since WU has no control over the contents of external websites, WU assumes no responsibility for them.