Privacy Policy

Orbel is an independent wellness resource focused on everyday nutrition and active lifestyle practices for men. The content is not affiliated with any governmental or institutional body.

This Privacy Policy describes how Orbel (registered office: Florianigasse 56, 1080 Vienna, Austria) collects, uses, stores, and discloses personal information when you visit orbel.info or correspond with us directly. By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy.

What Personal Data Is Gathered

We collect personal data only when you actively provide it. This occurs primarily through the contact form on this website. Information collected may include:

• — Your name and email address when you submit a contact enquiry
• — The subject and content of your message
• — Technical data collected automatically by our server (IP address, browser type, pages visited, time of visit)
• — Cookie identifiers, where consent has been given (see our Cookie Policy)

We do not collect sensitive personal information, financial data, or any information that would constitute special category data under applicable data protection law.

Purpose and Lawful Basis

Personal information collected through this website is used solely for the following purposes:

• — Responding to enquiries submitted via the contact form (lawful basis: legitimate interest / performance of a contract)
• — Improving website functionality and content (lawful basis: legitimate interest)
• — Complying with applicable legal obligations (lawful basis: legal obligation)

We do not use your data for automated profiling, behavioural advertising, or sale to third parties. We do not build individual profiles from contact form submissions.

How Long We Hold Your Data

Contact form submissions are retained for a period of 24 months from the date of receipt, after which they are deleted from our correspondence archive unless an ongoing communication or legal obligation requires otherwise.

Server access logs are retained for a rolling period of 90 days as standard practice. Anonymous, aggregated analytics data may be retained indefinitely as it carries no personal identifier.

Disclosure of Personal Data

Orbel does not sell, rent, or trade personal data. Data may be shared with trusted third parties only in the following circumstances:

• — Hosting and infrastructure providers who handle web server management on our behalf, under contractual data processing agreements
• — Analytics providers, where analytics cookies have been accepted and data is aggregated and anonymised
• — Legal authorities, where required by Austrian or EU law

All third-party processors engaged by Orbel operate under GDPR-compliant data processing agreements. Where processors are based outside the European Economic Area, appropriate transfer safeguards are in place.

Rights Under GDPR

As a data subject under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights with respect to personal data held by Orbel:

• — Right of access — to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• — Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• — Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal retention requirements
• — Right to restriction — to request that we limit the way we use your data
• — Right to portability — to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• — Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interest

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde).