GENERAL PROVISIONS

DEUS Automobiles GmbH (“DEUS”) places a high priority on safeguarding your private and sensitive information. We are a firm based in Austria, located at Sterngasse 3/2/6, 1010 Vienna, Austria, and bear the Austrian Register of Commerce registration number FN 358921a.

 

As the data controller for processing covered by this Privacy Policy, we adhere to relevant EU regulations. This document provides detailed information on how we handle your personal data in relation to:

 

(i) your interaction with our website www.deusautomobiles.com (“Website”), and

(ii) any other products or services we offer you via this Website (collectively, the “Services”).

 

Data processing encompasses all actions performed on personal data, including but not limited to collecting, recording, storing, modifying, retrieving, using, disclosing, deleting, or destroying.

 

This Privacy Policy augments other privacy notices and policies we may issue from time to time and is not meant to supplant them. If you disagree with any part of this Privacy Policy, you should refrain from accessing the Website, using our Services, or providing your information to us.

 

Our Website and Services are not designed for children, and we do not intentionally gather data about children.

 

We periodically update our Privacy Policy. Updates will be indicated on our Website. We encourage you to regularly review our Website for updates to our Privacy Policy.

 

 

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

 

Information You Provide Us

The following personal data is provided by you when you interact with our Websites and/or Services, such as through forms associated with the Services, entering competitions, promotions, or surveys, communicating with us by phone, email, or otherwise, sales and/or general inquiring, reporting issues with our Services, or via other activities related to our Services:

– your name, email address, and phone number. This data is voluntarily submitted, for instance, when subscribing to our newsletter or contacting us through our website form.

 

Information Collected Automatically

Your computer, mobile phone, or other devices automatically send us information when you visit our Website and use our Services. This includes the domain name used to access the Internet, your country of origin, browser and operating system, the date and time of your visit, your mobile device model, the Services you use, and how and when you use them. If you arrived at our website from another site, we also receive the name of that website.

 

Information from Third Parties

We may gather your data from third parties, like Facebook or Google, when you log into our Website using these accounts. We only collect your name and email address in such instances.

 

 

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND OUR LEGAL BASIS

 

We process your personal data to fulfill or conclude a contract with you, including to:

– provide you with our Website and Services.

 

We get your consent for processing your personal data for:

– signing you up for newsletters or alerts and communicating about products, services, marketing, promotions, events, and other relevant news; and

– personalizing our Services for you.

 

As part of our legitimate interests to provide responsive, effective services and maintain our business relationships, we process your personal data to:

– administer the Website and Services for internal operations, troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;

– ensure the safety and security of our users, the Website, our Services, and our business;

– send non-marketing related announcements regarding security, privacy, or administrative issues;

– customize our Website and Services for optimal presentation on your device; and

– enhance and develop our Website and Services.

 

We also use your data to comply with legal obligations, enforce terms and conditions and/or terms of service, and protect the Websites, Services, our rights, our users’ rights, and others.

 

COOKIES

 

We use cookies and similar technologies to track your browsing activities over time and across different websites following your use of our Websites and Services. Cookies help us recognize and count users and understand how they navigate our website. This information aids in improving our Services and website functionality. You can learn more about cookies and managing them in our Cookie Policy. We obtain your consent for using cookies and similar technologies, except those strictly necessary, as per applicable laws.

 

For more details, please see our Cookie Policy.

 

HOW THE COMPANY SHARES YOUR INFORMATION

 

We share your personal data as follows:

 

With service providers and vendors for business purposes in our legitimate interests, or to fulfill a contract with you, including:

(i) data analytics vendors;

(ii) security vendors; and

(iii) website hosting vendors. These providers assist with data storage, disaster recovery, and communication, and have access only to necessary information under strict confidentiality agreements, in line with this Privacy Policy and data privacy laws.

 

With professional advisors in our legitimate interests or as required by law, including auditors, law firms, and accounting firms.

 

For legal and security reasons, in our legitimate interests or as required by law, we share your data with regulators, law enforcement, public authorities, or relevant organizations to:

(i) respond to legal obligations;

(ii) comply with laws, including cooperation with law enforcement and judicial orders;

(iii) protect the interests and ensure the safety of us, our users, third parties, or the public;

(iv) exercise or defend legal claims; and

(v) enforce our terms and conditions, other service terms, or agreements.

(vi) With our affiliates for our legitimate interests.

 

In connection with business transactions like asset or share sales, mergers, bankruptcy, or reorganizations, we share your data with relevant third parties in our legitimate interests.

 

WHERE WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION

 

Your personal data is processed within the European Economic Area (“EEA”). However, it may also be transferred to and stored or processed in countries outside the EEA, such as when third parties outside the EEA act on our behalf. We rely on European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses to legitimize data transfers outside the EEA or to countries not deemed adequate for data protection by the European Commission. Contact our Data Protection Officer for more details.

 

HOW LONG WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

 

We retain your personal data as follows:

– Newsletter subscriptions: 3 years or until you unsubscribe, whichever is sooner;

– Technical usage information: 12 months.

 

We also retain and process your data as necessary for legal obligations, dispute resolution, and enforcing our terms and conditions, other service terms, and policies. If you cease using our Services, delete your account, or stop using our Websites, we may store your data in an aggregated, anonymized format indefinitely without further notice.

 

SECURITY

 

We strive to protect your personal data, but cannot ensure the security of information transmitted via the Website, email, or SMS/text. Any transmission is at your own risk.

 

YOUR RIGHTS

 

You have various rights concerning your personal data:

– Access: The right to access data we hold about you, its usage, and who it’s shared with.

– Portability: The right to receive your data and request its transfer to a third party in specific situations.

– Correction: The right to correct any inaccurate data we hold.

– Erasure: The right to delete your data under certain conditions.

– Restriction of processing to storage only: The right to limit our processing of your data to storage in specific scenarios.

– Objection: The right to object to our data processing.

– Objection to marketing: The right to opt out of marketing by unsubscribing in our communications or contacting us.

– Withdrawal of consent: The right to withdraw consent for data processing at any time.

 

These rights are subject to limitations by law. To exercise any of these rights, contact inquiries@deusautomobiles.com. We will respond without undue delay, typically within a month (which may extend by two months in some cases).

 

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

 

Our Website may feature links to third-party platforms, plug-ins, or applications. We don’t control these sites or applications, their content, privacy policies, or their use of your information. Information shared in public or semi-public areas, including third-party social networks, is viewable by others and not limited in its use by us or third parties. Our inclusion of such links doesn’t imply endorsement of the content or the platform owners. We are not liable for third-party actions relating to the use and disclosure of personal data.

 

COMPLAINTS

 

For complaints about our data processing, contact our Data Protection Officer at inquiries@deusautomobiles.com. We will address your concerns promptly.

 

If you believe we’ve violated data protection laws, you can file a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in the EEA country where you reside or work, or where the alleged infringement occurred.