Privacy Statement
Last Revised June 08, 2025
When you provide personal information to The New Jurist, we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that particular data. We must collect the information fairly i.e. explain how we will use it and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else.
This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, share and transfer your personal data when you use newjurist.com
Legal Framework for the Processing of Personal Data
We process your personal data within the framework of the provisions of European and Austrian data protection laws. We will tell you about who we are and the nature, scope, and purpose of the data collection and its use.
Who we are
The New Jurist is an online law magazine based in Austria.
We are an independent, non-partisan, online-based publication that publishes informative, insightful, balanced, and well-researched articles, essays, opinions, and commentaries on a wide range of legal, social, cultural, and economic topics. Our aim is to disseminate legal knowledge and foster legal research and study.
Publisher
M. M. Elghusein, J.D. Daniel Gran Strasse 11/5 3100 St. Pölten Austria
Who Receives My Personal Data
Your data will only be shared with the publisher, editor-in-chief, senior editors, editors, associate editors, and assistant editors. Where appropriate, it will also be shared with our webmaster and technical team for resolving technical or security-related issues.
The Scope of Data Processing
When you provide us with your name, email, and other information, we may contact you via email with information about articles, news, or updates. If you do not wish to be contacted by us, please send an email to us and we will remove your information from our list. Please make sure to provide us with your full name, address, and email if you wish to be removed from our list. This is necessary in order for us to ensure the proper recording of your request. We will ensure that all personal information provided is held securely and in accordance with the law.
Please note that The New Jurist cannot guarantee that technical errors will not occur as a result of using our website or our newsletter. As such, we cannot assume liability for events that are beyond our control.
The organization entrusted with the handling and processing of personal data is The New Jurist.
Postal Address
Daniel Gran Strasse 11/5 3100 St. Pölten, Austria
E-Mail address for data protection concerns: editor@newjurist.com
How Long do you keep my Personal Data?
We keep your personal data for only as long as we need to. How long we need your personal data depends on what we are using it for in compliance with our privacy policy. For example, we may need to use it to answer your questions about an article or service. As a result, we may keep the personal data while you are still using our web pages. We will delete your data if it is no longer needed. When you unsubscribe from our newsletter, we will keep your name and email address to ensure that we do not send it to you in the future.
Reporting Offensive or Criminal Activity
The posting or sending of offensive, inappropriate, or criminal content will entitle us to use whatever information is available to stop such behavior by taking necessary legal measures. Where appropriate we will notify the authorities in Austria and in your country.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your device that allows us to recognize and remember you. When you visit our pages, we may collect personal data from you automatically using cookies or similar technology.
Know your Legal Rights
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you are entitled to the following rights:
Right to obtain information – Right to rectification or erasure – Right to restrict processing – Right to data portability – Right to revoke your consent
To exercise your legal rights or if you have questions, please contact us via email at privacy@newjurist.com
Complaints will be handled within 30 days.
Legal Support
As the data subject, you are entitled to file a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates European or national data protection laws. In Austria, the handling of complaints lies with the data protection authority.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Changes to our privacy policy will be posted in this section of our web page.
The cookie banner shows that we use cookies and has a link to the current privacy statement as well. If you subsequently continue to navigate without making changes in your browser, you consent to the use of cookies.
In its ruling on 05.06.2018, C-210/16, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the operator of a Facebook page and Facebook Ireland Ltd. are jointly responsible within the meaning of Art 26 of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the processing of personal data.
In accordance with this decision, we will inform you about this joint processing of personal data.
Joint Controllership
The entities sharing joint controllership within the meaning of the GDPR for the operation of this Facebook page are
Facebook Ireland Ltd. (hereinafter called “Facebook”)
4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbor Dublin 2 Ireland
and
The New Jurist Daniel Gran Strasse 11/5 3100 St. Pölten, Austria
For information provided by Facebook on joint controllership, please click here
The agreement on joint controllership between Facebook and The New Jurist is available here
Collection and Processing of Data by The New Jurist
We operate this website to bring you news and updates about our articles and activities and to interact with you as a visitor to our Facebook page and our website.
The processing of data by The New Jurist in connection with the operation of this Facebook page is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art 6 para 1 lit f of the GDPR and the opportunity to participate in an internationally popular social media platform to interact with the visitors and users of our Facebook page.
Collection and Processing of Data by Facebook
To the best of our knowledge, Facebook processes personal data for the following purposes:
Advertising (analysis, and the creation of personalized ads) – Creation of user profiles – Market research
Facebook uses small text files (so-called cookies) for the storage and further processing of data, which are stored on the various end devices (e.g. PC, notebook, smartphone) of the visitors and users of the Facebook page. On subsequent visits to the Facebook page, this information is recalled, allowing the Facebook page to recognize the device. If you have a Facebook profile and are logged in to it, the storage and analysis take place across multiple devices.
For more information about the processing of personal data by Facebook, please read Facebook’s data policy by clicking here
Statistical Data
Facebook, as the operator of the Facebook page, provides us with a function called “Facebook Insight”, which allows us to receive anonymous statistical data about the visitors and users of our Facebook page. We have no control over the collection, provision, and processing of this data and cannot cancel this function either. For a selectable time period, Facebook will provide us with the “person categories”: fans, people reached, and the interacting persons with certain data such as information about page likes, post coverage, interactions, page views, and video views.
More information about the anonymous site statistics can be found by clicking here
Recipients of Data Transmission to a Third Country
Facebook Ireland Ltd. shares data with the parent company Facebook Inc. in the United States. Facebook Inc. is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield and undertakes to comply with European data protection regulations. More information about the Privacy Shield can be found by clicking here
For more information about the processing of personal data by Facebook, please read Facebook’s data policy by clicking here
Retention Period
For more information about the retention period, please read Facebook’s data policy by clicking here
The fact that we use cookies is indicated by the cookie banner which also refers you to our privacy policy. By remaining on our website without making changes to your browser, you agree to the use of cookies.
Google Analytics
We use the web analytics service Google Analytics on our website, provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” small text files that are stored on your device and allow an analysis of your website usage behavior.
The information generated by the cookies, such as the time, place, and frequency of your visits, as well as your IP address (see IP anonymization), is transmitted to Google’s servers in the USA and stored there.
IP Anonymization
IP anonymization is enabled on this website. This means that your IP address is shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA.
Google uses this anonymized data to analyze your use of our website, to create reports about activities on our site, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage.
In some cases, this information may be passed on to third parties if required by law or if third parties process the data on behalf of Google.
Google states that it does not associate your IP address with other data.
Browser Plugin
To prevent the storage of cookies, you can adjust the settings of your browser software accordingly. Please note that in this case, not all functions of this website may be fully available.
Additionally, you have the option to prevent the collection of data generated by cookies, including your IP address, and its processing by Google. To do so, download and install the browser plugin via the following link: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy by clicking here
To learn more about how Twitter handles your privacy, please click here
To learn more about how LinkedIn handles your privacy, please click here
VK
To learn more about how VK handles your privacy, please click here