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Referrals<\/a><\/li>\n          <li><a href=\"#misc\">Your Rights &amp; Contact<\/a><\/li>\n        <\/ol>\n      <\/nav>\n\n      <article class=\"article\">\n\n        <h2 id=\"preamble\">Preamble<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          With the following privacy policy, we inform you about the nature, scope, and\n          purposes of collecting, processing, and using personal data when you use\n          pobs-fernstudium.com and the services offered on it, provided by POBS Private\n          Online Business School GmbH, Urberweg 57, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria\n          (hereinafter &#8220;POBS&#8221;). Your trust and the protection of your personal data are\n          very important to us. We aim to be transparent about how and for what purpose\n          your data is used, so that we can offer you a user-friendly, high-quality,\n          customer-oriented, and secure service.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"personal-data\">Personal Data<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          This privacy policy governs the collection and processing of personal data.\n          Personal data refers to individual details about the personal or factual\n          circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. Depending on how\n          extensively you use our services, different data is collected, stored,\n          processed, and used in connection with your inquiry or application.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"user-data\">User-Provided Data<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          Data you actively provide when registering for or using our services, such as\n          when sending an inquiry or application, is used by us to provide the services\n          you wish to use. This typically includes your first name, last name, email\n          address, possibly a phone number, how you found us, any comments, and further\n          information you submit as part of an application for admission review.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"log-files\">Server Log Files<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          When you visit our website, certain data transmitted by your browser is\n          automatically stored by our servers. These log files include data such as your\n          IP address, the URL and landing page, the time, type, and number of requests,\n          the amount of data transferred, and your browser type. This information is\n          collected and used solely for anonymized statistical evaluation, for example\n          to analyze user behavior and improve our services.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"cookies\">Cookies<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          POBS uses cookies on this website, small text files stored on your device.\n          Cookies allow faster navigation, help adapt the site to your needs and\n          interests, and help prevent misuse of our services. We use session cookies,\n          deleted when you close your browser, as well as permanent cookies, which\n          retain personal settings over a longer period and are automatically deleted\n          after a predetermined duration. You can configure or refuse cookies in your\n          browser settings at any time, though some site functions may then be limited.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"analytics\">Google Analytics<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by\n          Google. Google Analytics uses cookies that enable analysis of your use of our\n          website. Due to IP anonymization activated by us, your IP address is\n          shortened by Google within EU member states or other EEA contracting states\n          before transmission, except in rare cases. Google will use this information on\n          our behalf to evaluate website usage and provide related reporting services.\n          You can prevent cookie storage through your browser settings, and prevent\n          Google&#8217;s collection of data via the\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.google.com\/dlpage\/gaoptout?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opt-out browser plugin<\/a>.\n          Further information is available from\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/analytics\/answer\/6004245?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google&#8217;s support documentation<\/a>.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"facebook\">Facebook Plug-ins<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          Our pages use plug-ins from the social network facebook.com, operated by\n          Meta Platforms, Inc. When you access a page with such a plug-in, a connection\n          to Facebook&#8217;s servers is established and the plug-in is displayed via\n          communication with your browser, which transmits which of our pages you have\n          visited. If you are logged into Facebook, this information is assigned to\n          your Facebook account, including when you use plug-in functions such as\n          clicking &#8220;Like&#8221; or submitting a comment. You can prevent this by logging out\n          of Facebook before visiting our website. Further information is available in\n          Facebook&#8217;s data protection notices.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"newsletter\">Newsletter<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          You may subscribe to our newsletter, which requires entering your email\n          address. You can object to receiving newsletters at any time with effect for\n          the future, for example by emailing <a href=\"mailto:support@pobs.at\">support@pobs.at<\/a>.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"third-parties\">Transmission of Personal Data to Third Parties<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          POBS works with certain external service providers to process your data,\n          including for IT hosting services. We ensure that data is transmitted in\n          compliance with applicable data protection regulations. If a service provider\n          is located outside the EU or EEA, we will inform you of this in connection\n          with the relevant function, and such processing complies with applicable law.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"contests\">Contests &amp; Referrals<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          For the collection and processing of personal data in connection with\n          referrals, contests, competitions, or prize draws organized by POBS, the\n          separate terms and conditions of each activity apply.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <h2 id=\"misc\">Your Rights &amp; Contact<\/h2>\n        <p>\n          You can contact us at any time with questions about our data protection\n          measures, or to request deletion of your profile and stored data. You have a\n          right to free information about your stored data, and, where applicable, a\n          right to rectification, restriction, or deletion of this data. If a third\n          party has registered with us using your email address, please let us know and\n          we will promptly delete your data if you wish.\n        <\/p>\n        <p>\n          As we further develop our services and implement new technologies, POBS\n          reserves the right to update this privacy policy at any time. We recommend\n          checking this page periodically. For questions regarding data protection,\n          please email <a href=\"mailto:support@pobs.at\">support@pobs.at<\/a> or write to\n          us at the postal address listed above.\n        <\/p>\n\n      <\/article>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/#pobs-privacy-en -->\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Privacy Policy Last updated: how POBS collects, processes, and protects your personal data On This Page Preamble Personal Data User-Provided Data Server Log Files Cookies Google Analytics Facebook Plug-ins Newsletter Transmission to Third Parties Contests &amp; Referrals Your Rights &amp; Contact Preamble With the following privacy policy, we inform you about the nature, scope, and purposes of collecting, processing, and using personal data when you use pobs-fernstudium.com and the services offered on it, provided&#8230;  <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pobs-fernstudium.com\/en\/privacy\/\" title=\"Continue reading Privacy\">Read more<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15849","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Privacy - POBS Distance Learning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pobs-fernstudium.com\/en\/privacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Privacy - POBS Distance Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Legal Privacy Policy Last updated: how POBS collects, processes, and protects your personal data On This Page Preamble Personal Data User-Provided Data Server Log Files Cookies Google Analytics Facebook Plug-ins Newsletter Transmission to Third Parties Contests &amp; Referrals Your Rights &amp; Contact Preamble With the following privacy policy, we inform you about the nature, scope, and purposes of collecting, processing, and using personal data when you use pobs-fernstudium.com and the services offered on it, provided... 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