Impressum

Information in accordance with §5 E-Commerce Act (ECG), §25 Media Act (MedienG), and §63 Trade Act (GewO), Austria. Draft — pending legal review, and pending completion of trade registration (see bracketed placeholders below).

Operator

[TBD — pending company registration]
[Address line 1]
[Postal code, City]
Austria

Legal form: Sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmer) under Austrian law.

Trade licence & chamber membership

Trade (Gewerbeberechtigung): Dienstleistungen in der automatischen Datenverarbeitung und Informationstechnik (IT services, free trade / freies Gewerbe), registered via GISA (Gewerbeinformationssystem Austria).
Trade authority (Gewerbebehörde): [TBD — the district administrative authority (Bezirksverwaltungsbehörde) for the business address above, assigned on registration].
Chamber membership: Member of the Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKO), [Landeskammer TBD], by operation of law for holders of a trade licence.
Applicable trade-law framework: Gewerbeordnung 1994 (GewO), as published on www.ris.bka.gv.at.

VAT

Operating under the Austrian small-business exemption (Kleinunternehmerregelung, §6 Abs 1 Z 27 UStG) — no VAT is charged and no UID (VAT ID) number is issued, as long as annual turnover stays under the statutory threshold. Should that change (turnover grows past the threshold, or VAT registration is chosen voluntarily), this section will be updated with the UID number.

Contact

Email: contact@puffinvbt.com
[Phone number or contact form — a second rapid-contact channel alongside email is required under §5 ECG; TBD]

Purpose

PuffinVBT is a research platform for velocity-based training (VBT) analysis, developed as part of a Master's thesis at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). The platform uses computer vision to extract barbell velocity metrics from smartphone video recordings.

Liability for Content

The content of this website has been compiled with the utmost care. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general legislation (§7 ECG). However, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity.

Liability for Links

Our offer contains links to external websites over which we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages.

Data Protection

The use of this website is generally possible without providing personal data beyond what is required for authentication. For details on data processing, please refer to our consent and data processing agreement presented during registration.

Videos uploaded to the platform are stored in Google Cloud Storage (EU region). Training metrics derived from uploaded videos may be used anonymously for academic research if the user has opted in during the consent process.

Applicable Law & Dispute Resolution

This website and any contract for the Service are governed by Austrian law. Consumers who are habitually resident in another EU/EEA member state also keep the protection of any mandatory consumer-protection provisions of that state's law which cannot be waived by agreement. Details on contract terms, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution for the Service itself are in our Terms of Service.

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR) at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged and not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

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Last updated: July 2026