Your Privacy On The International

The technology driving websites is evolving quickly – much faster than most users’ knowledge of what is happening behind the scenes.

As a matter of course, every website is constantly collecting information about how its pages are being used. At a basic level, web servers record all activity in log files, while statistical analysis programs gather aggregated information to help publishers understand how their sites are being used. And when you register with sites, your email address and other information you may supply are stored securely for specific reasons, such as sending you newsletters.

Different users will have different levels of interaction with The International.

You may browse our content – read our articles, peruse our galleries, search for jobs, and so on – without actively giving us any information about yourself. You may register your email address to receive our editors’ weekly news roundups, information about new jobs, and other updates and offers. You may become a paying member of The International, providing payment details to our payment processing partners. As a member, you may contribute to the content on the site by commenting on articles.

If these apply to using The International, you should be able to familiarize yourself with the information below and our terms of use.

Registration forms and personal data

By becoming a member of The International, you will provide certain information about yourself that is needed for us to process your payment and activate your membership. As a member, you will be able to comment on certain articles. Both members and non-paying registered users may agree that we may send you weekly emails, occasional “breaking news” alerts, and selected email promotions from our clients. We will also occasionally mail you updates about the service and information about your registration.

By registering, you will be providing The International with certain data. The International collects and uses two types of data about users of its sites: (1) Personal Data – (names, email addresses, data for processing purchases, etc.) via which it is possible to identify an individual from that information; and (2) Aggregated Data – being all other information that relates purely to generic statistics such as traffic flow and demographics.

Members may also provide further personal data to enable us to personalize our service further.

Personal Data

The International will only collect, use and transfer Personal Data about you if you have consented to that collection, use, and transfer, unless The International believes that such action is necessary to (a) conform to legal requirements, (b) protect and defend its rights or property (c) enforce this User Agreement or (d) act to protect the interests of its users or others.

You give your consent in the following way:

By completing and submitting the Registration Form or the ‘Your Profile page, you automatically consent to The International:

  • collecting the information on the Registration Form or Your Profile page, and information about your movements around and use of this site and other The International owned or managed sites, for the purposes described below.
  • contacting you with relevant material, for example, about your use or potential use of this site.
  • transferring your Personal Data to other The International companies (subsidiaries or affiliates), and to those The International companies contacting you with other relevant material, for example, about your use or potential use of this site or other The Local owned or managed sites.
  • transferring your Personal Data to The Internationals site franchise partner if this site is one which The International publishes and manages for a third-party franchise partner (e.g., a club or organization), and to that franchise partner contacting you with other relevant material.
  • transferring your Personal Data to any data processors that The International has nominated as its agent for any of the above activities. The data will always remain under the control and direction of The International.
  • transferring your Personal Data to any country where a server belonging to The International is located to provide you the sites and services within The Internationals network and for conducting the above activities.

You can request to see all data held about you by The International, request deletion of data, or unsubscribe from any of these services at any time by emailing support@theinternational.at.

Aggregated Data

Other non-personal information will be collected and used by The International and may be transferred to third parties. Any such statistical or demographic information will not include personal details through which you could be identified. In addition to non-personal information on your Registration Form, information about traffic around the site is automatically collected. This is also only used in aggregate form; no individual registered user will be identified.