Privacy

Calculators without an account

Entries in the calculators are processed only for the calculation and are not stored. The entries appear in the address bar (GET forms) so that a result can be bookmarked or shared. Please note that a shared address contains the entered values (such as date of birth and measured values).

Professional accounts and patient records

Registered professional accounts can save patient records (name, date of birth, sex, gestational age, optionally social security number) and measurements. The social security number is stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM and saved only as an HMAC for retrieval. Each record is visible only to the account that created it. For support and troubleshooting, the operator can view a professional account read-only, exactly as the account holder sees it; every such view is logged with its time.

The controller of the stored health data is the respective practice or institution; the operator of the portal acts as processor. For this, a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR must be concluded. Accounts and all associated data can be deleted completely at any time (My account → Delete account).

To prevent mass sign-ups, the IP address is not stored in plain text at registration but only as an encrypted check value (HMAC) with the account; the security question (arithmetic task) is generated by the portal itself. The operator is informed by e-mail about every confirmed registration (name, e-mail address, practice). Registrations that are never confirmed are deleted after seven days.

Saving calculator results is optional. If you do, the calculator, the inputs, the address of the result page, the displayed result text and an optional comment are stored – without a selected patient not linked to any record, otherwise in the chosen record. Saved results are deleted together with the record or the account. Please do not write anything in comments that identifies a patient if the result is not linked to a record.

Eltern-Kind-Pass und Anmeldung mit ID Austria

Für den Eltern-Kind-Pass und die Anmeldung mit ID Austria gilt eine eigene Privacy policy.

Feedback form

You can use the feedback form to report errors or suggest improvements. The message, the calculator concerned, an email address given voluntarily (for follow-up questions only) and, if you are logged in, your account number are stored. To prevent abuse (rate limiting), the IP address is not stored in plain text but only as an encrypted check value (HMAC). The feedback is also forwarded by email to the operator. The security check (arithmetic task) is generated by the portal itself; no third-party providers are embedded. The legal basis is the legitimate interest in error-free calculators (Art. 6 para. 1 point (f) GDPR). Completed feedback is deleted after twelve months at the latest. Please do not enter any patient data in the feedback.

Signed-in professional accounts can send feedback from any page; the page address, the account number and the account’s e-mail address (for queries) are stored and e-mailed to the operator.

Programm PDFdoc: Search nach neuen Versionen

Das Programm PDFdoc (siehe Software) fragt etwa einmal am Tag bei kinderarzt.org nach, ob es eine neue Version gibt, und lädt sie gegebenenfalls herunter. Dabei werden keine Dokumente und keine Kennung des Rechners oder der Installation übertragen. Der Server sieht nur die Anfrage selbst – IP-Adresse, Time point und aufgerufene Datei – und protokolliert sie wie jeden Seitenaufruf (siehe Technisches). PDFdoc selbst arbeitet ausschließlich auf Ihrem Rechner.

Technical details

The portal sets a session cookie (technically necessary) and uses no tracking or analytics tools. Server logs contain the IP address, time and requested address and are deleted after a short period.

If the site remembers your choice of percentiles on the curves, it stores it for one year in the cookie gc_perzentilen on your device. The cookie contains only that choice and is not analysed.

Responsible person

Mag. Bernd Peter, Gabelsbergergasse 3, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, email info@kinderarzt.net. Requests for information, rectification or erasure should be addressed to this address. Complaints may be lodged with the Austrian Data Protection Authority.