The Austrian Energy Agency (Mariahilferstraße 136, 1150 Vienna) respects the privacy of its users. All information is treated confidentially in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations (General Data Protection Regulation, Austrian Federal Data Protection Act, Austrian Federal Telecommunications Act). Data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent. Data processing is carried out in any case and according to the applicable legal situation on the basis of the legal provisions of § 96 para. 3 of the Austrian Federal Telecommunications Act (TKG) as well as Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a (consent) and/or f (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The Austrian Energy Agency collects personal data only to the extent necessary for a specific purpose. The information will not be further used for a purpose incompatible with this purpose. Although you can view most Internet pages without providing any personal information, in some cases personal information is required in order to provide the online services you have requested.
For all privacy related inquiries please contact datenschutz@energyagency.at
Data security:
We do our utmost to make your visit and use of our website as secure as possible. We therefore comply with the provisions of Article 32 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to ensure the confidentiality and security of your personal data and take appropriate technical and organisational security measures.
Matomo
We use Matomo, a website analytics software, on our website. The service provider is InnoCraft Ltd, 7 Waterloo Quay PO625,6140 Wellington, New Zealand. Matomo’s privacy policy can be found at: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/
In order to evaluate user behavior on the websites, we use an open source web analytics application called Matomo. We use Matomo to obtain information about the use of the individual components of the website. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
The following data is processed by Matomo:
- IP address, whereby the last two digits of your IP address are encrypted (2-bit encryption).
- City, region, country, longitude/latitude,
- Browser, browser version, device type, operating system,
- user agent, pages visited, files clicked and downloaded
- links to a foreign domain that were clicked on
- screen resolution
- Session record, which stores the HTML page and all mouse events (movements, scrolling, positions, and clicks), as well as keystrokes
The data will be transmitted to the Austrian Energy Agency as well as to WIENFLUSS information.design.solutions KG.
The data processed by Matomo is subject to the GDPR and does not leave the EU. The data is stored for 24 months and 14 days. You can delete your cookie settings at any time in the browser settings.
Youtube:
On our website, we link to „YouTube“. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland („YouTube“). When you click on the corresponding linked element (preview picture of a video), you will be connected to Youtube.
Your pesonal data: IP-address, end device used, browser type will be transmitted. Once the social media service is opened, we have no influence on the use of cookies or access to the data collected there.
You can find the privacy Statement youtube: https://www.youtube.com/intl/ALL_at/howyoutubeworks/user-settings/privacy/
Within the scope of this service, data is transferred to the USA or such a transfer cannot be ruled out. We would like to point out that, in the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of data protection in the case of data transfer to the USA and that there are therefore various risks (such as possible access by US secret services).
Information about your rights:
You have the right to obtain information about the data we hold about you. In addition, you can submit requests for correction of your data or restriction of the processing of your data if there are uncertainties that need to be clarified.
You can object to the processing of your data. You can submit a request for deletion of your data. You can submit a request for the transfer of your data in a machine-readable format. You can submit a request against exclusively automated decision-making, except in cases of processing by consent, contract or existing legal bases for processing.
You may withdraw any consent you have given. The consequences may be a failure to treat the interests you have disclosed.
Duration of the storage of personal data:
Business transactions in general
For reasons of tax law and company law, business-relevant documents must be kept for 7 years in accordance with § 132 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO) and §§ 190, 212 of the Austrian Federal Business Code (UGB).
In addition to the retention period of 7 years pursuant to § 132 para. 1 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code resulting from the wage tax and duty to pay, various specific retention periods up to the general retention obligation of employment data of 30 years pursuant to § 1478 of the Austrian Federal General Civil Code (ABGB) must be taken into account in and after the current employment relationship.
Award procedure
Irrespective of the requirements under public procurement law to retain data of the award procedure for at least three years or, in the case of the subsequent contractual relationship, for the term of the contract, the long limitation period under civil law of 30 years pursuant to Section 1489 of the Austrian Federal Civil Code (ABGB) must be observed for retention in accordance with the ECJ ruling of 26 November 2015, Rs C-166/14, MedEval.
Data related to processing by public authorities
In connection with federal processing activities, data must be retained for 10 years pursuant to section 25(3) of the Office Regulations, unless the specific content of the file or legal provisions require longer retention (Federal Archival Material Ordinance).
Data protection authority
You can submit any claims as a complaint to the data protection authority.
On the website of the data protection authority www.dsb.gv.at you will find further information, FAQs and all relevant legal bases for data protection in Austria.
Austrian Data Protection Authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde)
Barichgasse 40-42
1030 Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 52 152-0
E-Mail: dsb@dsb.gv.at
Internet: https://www.dsb.gv.at
Contact for data protection matters
Data protection officer: RA Dr. Sonja Hebenstreit, Herbst Kinsky Rechtsanwälte, 1010 Wien, datenschutz@energyagency.at
For data protection issues internally: datenschutz@energyagency.at