Research Data Protection Policy
We appreciate your interest in our website and our company. Although we carefully review links to outside websites, we can accept no liability for their content or security.
We make every effort to protect your personal data when it is collected, stored and used (“processed”) during your visit to our website. Your data is protected in accordance with statutory requirements (in particular, the EU General Data Protection Regulation).
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The following information describes the type of data that is collected when you visit this website or view our Emails and how this data is used.
1. Personal Data: "My Research Subscriptions"
Personal data is processed on our website only as far as you have actively provided that data, e g. by registering yourself on My Research Subscription. In this case, the following personal data is processed: e-mail address.
You may use our free-of-charge subscription service for research reports.
If you have provided us with personal data, we use it only to respond to your queries, to fulfil the above mentioned My Research Subscription services, for technical administration and if forced to do so by Austrian authorities after appropriate legal proceedings.
Your personal data will not be delivered to third parties.
We send you information by email only if you have subscribed to it or if it is necessary for the performance of My Research Subscription (e.g. technical information). If you no longer desire to receive such transmissions from us, you are welcome to unsubscribe anytime at no charge. You can do so yourself if you log-in to My Research Subscription or by sending us an e-mail to
2. Use of Cookies & Web Analytics
2.1. Website erstegroup.com
For information on cookies & Web Analytics please refer to
2.2. Research Report PDFs
We record the total number of clicks on our research reports. Direct and indirect personal data is not collected.
2.3. Research Report Emails
Public research report emails contain no cookies.
3. Social Media and automatic image download
We are offering interaction with various social media platforms. When interacting with such service your browser connects to that service and therefore you provide your IP-address and if you had communicated with that platform before, also other information like cookies. Wherever possible, we are avoiding that kind of data transfer until you start interacting with one of the platforms. By clicking on the respective icon (e.g. the X logo) you indicate that you are willing to communicate with the chosen platform (in this case X) and your information like IP-address is communicated to this social media platform.