Privacy Policy

Last updated: 13 June 2026

1. Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:

Ain-Guard FlexCo

Braunauerstraße 2

5230 Mattighofen

Austria

Website: https://ain-guard.at/

Email: tech@ain-guard.com

Impressum: https://ain-guard.at/impressum/

2. General Information

We take the protection of personal data seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we process personal data when you visit our website, join the AinGuard waiting list, contact us, or request information about AinGuard.

We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Austrian Data Protection Act, and other applicable data-protection laws.

3. Personal Data We Process

Depending on how you use our website, we may process the following personal data:

  • Name, if provided by you
  • Email address
  • Company name, if provided by you
  • Role or business interest, if provided by you
  • Message content, if you contact us
  • Technical website access data, such as IP address, browser type, device information, date and time of access, and pages visited
  • Consent information, such as the time and source of your waiting-list registration

We only collect the personal data that is necessary for the relevant purpose.

4. Purposes and Legal Bases of Processing

4.1 Website Operation

When you visit our website, technical data may be processed to display the website, maintain security, prevent misuse, and ensure reliable operation.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR - legitimate interest in operating a secure and functional website.

4.2 Waiting List

If you join the AinGuard waiting list, we process your contact details to confirm your registration, manage the waiting list, send relevant updates, and contact you about access, pilot opportunities, or related product information.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR - consent, where you have actively signed up to receive updates.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect.

4.3 Contact Requests

If you contact us by email or through a form, we process your details to respond to your request and communicate with you.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR - pre-contractual communication, where your request relates to a possible business relationship.

Alternatively, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR - legitimate interest in responding to business inquiries.

4.4 Business Communication

If we are in contact with you as a customer, partner, investor, supplier, or prospective business contact, we may process your contact details and communication content for business communication, relationship management, and documentation.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for contractual or pre-contractual communication, or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for legitimate business communication.

5. Waiting List and Email Communication

When you join the waiting list, we use your email address to send information related to AinGuard, including updates about access, pilots, product development, or relevant company information.

You can unsubscribe or ask us to remove your details at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us at:

tech@ain-guard.com

We do not sell your email address.

6. Cookies and Analytics

At the moment, our website should only use technically necessary cookies, if any.

If we later use analytics, marketing cookies, tracking pixels, or similar technologies, we will update this Privacy Policy and request consent where required by law.

7. Hosting and Technical Service Providers

Our website may be hosted and operated through external technical service providers. These providers may process technical data on our behalf to make the website available, secure, and functional.

Where required, we enter into data-processing agreements with service providers under Art. 28 GDPR.

We aim to use providers and storage locations within the European Union or the European Economic Area where possible.

8. Email and Communication Service Providers

We may use email or cloud service providers to send waiting-list confirmations, product updates, and business communications.

These providers process personal data only as necessary to provide their services. Where required, we use appropriate contractual safeguards.

9. No Automated Legal or Enforcement Decisions

AinGuard is designed to support human review. The website and waiting-list process do not involve automated decisions that produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you.

AinGuard does not make legal, disciplinary, or enforcement decisions automatically. Final decisions remain with authorized human personnel.

10. Data Retention

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Waiting-list data is stored until you unsubscribe, withdraw your consent, ask us to delete your data, or until the waiting list is no longer needed.

Contact and business communication data may be stored for as long as necessary to respond to your request, manage the business relationship, and comply with legal documentation or retention obligations.

Technical website logs are stored only for a limited period unless longer storage is necessary for security, troubleshooting, or legal reasons.

11. Recipients of Personal Data

Personal data may be received by:

  • Internal authorized team members
  • Website hosting providers
  • Email and communication service providers
  • IT and security service providers
  • Legal, tax, or business advisors, where necessary
  • Public authorities, where legally required

We do not sell personal data.

12. International Data Transfers

We aim to process and store personal data within the European Union or European Economic Area where possible.

If personal data is transferred outside the EU or EEA, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as an adequacy decision by the European Commission or Standard Contractual Clauses.

13. Your Rights

Under applicable data-protection law, you have the following rights:

  • Right of access to your personal data
  • Right to rectification of inaccurate personal data
  • Right to erasure of your personal data
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time with future effect
  • Right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making under Art. 22 GDPR

To exercise your rights, contact us at:

tech@ain-guard.com

14. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data-protection supervisory authority.

In Austria, the competent supervisory authority is:

Austrian Data Protection Authority

Barichgasse 40-42

1030 Vienna

Austria

Website: https://www.dsb.gv.at

You may also contact the supervisory authority in your country of residence or place of work.

15. Data Security

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

Access to personal data is limited to authorized persons who need access for the relevant purpose.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example if we change our website, add new tools, or update our processing activities.

The current version will always be available on this website.