Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Protecting your personal data is especially important to us.
We process your data exclusively on the basis of the applicable legal provisions (GDPR, TKG 2003).

This Privacy Policy explains which personal data we process when you use this website and for what purposes.

2. Data Controller

Matthias Stacherl
Meischlgasse 15/1/43
1230 Vienna
Austria

Email: matthias@vanguardglobal.com

3. Data Processing on This Website

3.1 Technically Required Data

When you visit this website, technically necessary data is automatically processed by the hosting provider (Hostinger International Ltd.). This includes:

IP address (shortened or anonymized)
Browser type and version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Date and time of access
Pages accessed

Purpose:
Ensuring technical functionality, system security, and error diagnosis.

Legal basis:
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest).

3.2 No Tracking or Marketing Cookies

This website uses only essential, technically necessary cookies.
No analytics, tracking, or marketing cookies are used.

This means:

no Google Analytics
no Meta Pixel
no third-party tracking scripts
no profiling
no transfer of data to advertisers

3.3 Cookies

Necessary cookies ensure the basic functionality of the website.
These cookies cannot be deactivated.

Details can be found in the cookie notice on this website.

4. Contacting Us

If you contact us via email, the data you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request.

Legal bases:
Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contractual / pre-contractual steps)
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest)

Your data will not be passed on without your consent.

5. Hosting

This website is hosted by Hostinger International Ltd.

Hostinger processes data solely under a data processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

Further information:
https://www.hostinger.com/legal/privacy-policy

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

Access (Art. 15 GDPR)
Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Objection (Art. 21 GDPR)

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law, you may file a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority:

Austrian Data Protection Authority
Barichgasse 40–42
1030 Vienna
https://www.dsb.gv.at/

7. Data Retention

We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose or as required by legal retention periods.

8. SSL / TLS Encryption

For security reasons, this website uses SSL encryption.
Data transmitted to us cannot be read by third parties.

9. External Links

This website may contain links to external websites.
We assume no liability for the content of these external sites.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy if new features or legal changes make this necessary.