Legal notice, disclaimer and privacy

Legal notice

Information pursuant to § 5 Austrian E-Commerce Act, § 14 Austrian Commercial Code and § 25 Austrian Media Act

Owner and publisher:
D-DARKS GmbH
[address to be added]
Vienna, Austria

Company register number: [to be added]
Register court: Commercial Court of Vienna
VAT number: [to be added, if available]
Business purpose: [to be added]
Managing Director: Christian Schitton

Email: christian.schitton@d-darks.com
Phone: +43 676 5229414

Purpose of this website: information about the services of D-DARKS GmbH and analysis of the real estate and financing markets.

Disclaimer

No investment advice

All reports, indices and analyses published by D-DARKS GmbH are intended solely for informational purposes and do not constitute investment advice, financial analysis or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any asset. Recipients should seek independent professional advice before making any investment decision.

No liability

D-DARKS GmbH makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of any information published. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, D-DARKS GmbH accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on information contained in its publications.

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements in D-DARKS publications may be forward-looking. They reflect current analysis and expectations and are subject to change without notice. Actual market developments may differ materially.

Data sources

D-DARKS analyses are derived primarily from publicly available institutional and market communication, including regulatory and ad-hoc disclosures, official filings, statistical releases and market announcements. Media content is used only on a supplementary basis and solely where accessed under licence through D-DARKS media partnerships. All source material is processed with proprietary NLP-based technology to generate original, derived analytical signals. D-DARKS does not reproduce, redistribute or republish third-party content. The resulting sentiment signals and indices are original derived output and the exclusive intellectual property of D-DARKS GmbH.

Rights reservation and removal

D-DARKS respects the rights of content owners. Where a rightholder has reserved its rights against text and data mining, or submits a valid request, the relevant source material is excluded from processing. Requests may be sent to christian.schitton@d-darks.com.

Intellectual property

All methodologies, indices, scoring systems and analytical frameworks published by D-DARKS GmbH are proprietary and protected by law. Reproduction, distribution or use without prior written consent is not permitted.

Restricted distribution

D-DARKS publications are intended exclusively for professional and institutional investors as defined under applicable Austrian and EU financial market regulation, and not for retail investors.

Applicable law

Austrian law applies. The courts of Vienna have exclusive jurisdiction.

Privacy policy

Last updated: November 2026

Controller

D-DARKS GmbH, [address to be added], Vienna, Austria. Contact for data protection matters: christian.schitton@d-darks.com

Visiting this website

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Contact by email

When you contact us by email, including through the contact form that opens your email program, we process your details to handle your enquiry (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR). The data is deleted once it is no longer needed for that purpose and no statutory retention obligations apply.

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When you submit your details through a LinkedIn Lead Gen form, we process your first and last name, business email address, job title, company and, where applicable, your LinkedIn profile, in order to send you the requested reports and information and to inform you about updates to our analysis. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you may withdraw at any time.

External links

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Sharing and retention

We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with third parties for commercial purposes. We keep data only as long as necessary for the respective purpose or until you withdraw your consent.

Your rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, objection and withdrawal of consent. Please contact christian.schitton@d-darks.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (www.dsb.gv.at).