Data Protection

Data Protection Statement
(Datenschutz Erklärung)

This statement is required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (25 May 2018), within the “Legal Basis for Contractual Fulfillment” framework.

Contact Form Data
The data you have provided is required to take the steps prior to entering into a contract. Without this data, Glen W. Covert cannot work toward or conclude a contract with you. The data will be solely used for the purposes of drafting project-related research proposals, preparing a contract, conducting project-related research, and generating any invoices.

Website Cookies
This website was created with a version of Go Daddy’s “Website Builder” that uses First Party cookies. That means that your information is being processed by only this domain (i.e. www.glenwcovertgenealogist.com). None of your data is being processed by any other domain ever.

General Data Handling
You, the client, are always in full control of your data. You have the legal right to know what information I have concerning you and your project. You have the right to correct information, request information to be erased and/or be deleted, and to restrict information dissemination.

Glen W. Covert only provides client and project information to third parties when research requires it, namely in an inquiry to an archive, library, government office, etc. He will always seek your authorization to provide such information in advance of submitting any inquiry; under no circumstance will he provide your client and/or project information to a third party without your prior written authorization.

Glen W. Covert never sells any client or project data.

Aside from the EU General Data Protection Regulation (25 May 2018), as a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, genealogist Glen W. Covert has always abided by its strict Code of Ethics, which includes strict confidentiality of client and project information. To receive a copy of the Code of Ethics, you may simply send an e-mail to the above-provided e-mail address or a letter to the above-provided mailing address.

Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions or concerns about how Glen W. Covert processes and maintains your information or discloses the same to third parties, please feel free to contact him at the above-provided e-mail address or post mailing address.

Complaints related to Data Protection
If you believe that the processing of your data contravenes data-protection law or your legal claim to protection of your data has been violated in some other way, you can complain to the supervisory authorities. For Vienna, Austria-based Glen W. Covert, the responsible supervisory authority is the Data Protection Authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde), Wickenburggasse 8-10, A1080, Vienna, Austria. For data protection law, contact the Chamber of Economics (Wirtschaftskammer Wien), Abteilung Rechtspolitik, Stubenring 8-10, A1010 Vienna, Austria (Tel.: +43 1 514 50 x 1615; E-Mail: [email protected]; URL: www.wko.at/wien).