Imprint
Disclosure pursuant to § 25 of the Austrian Media Act (Mediengesetz) for the website thomaspoelzler.com:
Media Owner and Editor
Thomas Pölzler
Place of residence: Graz, Austria
Address: Hilmgasse 4/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
E-Mail: thomas.poelzler(at)uni-graz.at
Phone: +43 (0)316 380 - 7307
Basic Orientation
Personal website of Thomas Pölzler providing information about his academic work.
Copyright
The contents of this website (texts, graphics, design, source code and images) are protected by copyright. Unless stated otherwise, all rights belong to Thomas Pölzler. Exceptions are the portrait photograph on the start page ((c) Stefan Robitsch), the logo of the University of Graz, and the fonts Open Sans and Roboto, which are used under their respective open-source licences.
Liability
The texts on this website are checked carefully before they are published. However, I cannot guarantee that their content is accurate, complete or up to date. This website contains links to external websites over whose content I have no influence. The respective provider is always responsible for the content of linked pages. Should I become aware of any unlawful content on linked pages, I will remove the respective links.
Data Protection Declaration
This declaration informs you, in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 GDPR, about the processing of personal data when you visit this website. The controller is Thomas Pölzler (contact details above).
No Cookies, No Tracking
This website does not use cookies, analytics or tracking tools. The fonts are stored on the server of this website, so no connection to external font services is established.
Hosting and Delivery of the Website
This website is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. To deliver the pages and to protect the website against attacks and misuse, Cloudflare processes the data that your browser transmits automatically, in particular your IP address, the date and time of the request, the page requested and information about your browser and operating system. Cloudflare acts as a processor on my behalf (Article 28 GDPR). The legal basis is my legitimate interest in the secure and reliable provision of this website (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Data may be processed in the United States. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Article 45 GDPR) and additionally relies on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Further information can be found in Cloudflare’s privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
Search Function
If you use the search function of this website, your search term is passed on to Google Search (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) in a new browser tab. This only happens when you actively start a search. Google’s privacy policy applies: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
External Links and Documents
Some links on this website lead to external services, for example to documents on Google Drive, to publishers’ websites or to academic networks such as ResearchGate. When you follow such a link, you leave this website, and the privacy policy of the respective provider applies.
Contact by E-Mail
If you contact me by e-mail, I process your e-mail address and the information you provide in order to answer your request (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). I delete these data as soon as they are no longer needed, unless statutory retention obligations apply.
Rights of Data Subjects
With regard to the processing of your personal data, you have the following rights, which you can exercise by e-mail to thomas.poelzler(at)uni-graz.at:
- right of access (Article 15 GDPR),
- right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR),
- right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR),
- right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR),
- right to object (Article 21 GDPR).
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR). In Austria, this is the Austrian Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna, telephone: +43 1 52 152-0, e-mail: dsb@dsb.gv.at.
Last updated: October 2026