1. General information

It is a concern for EHRLICH-ROGNER & SCHLÖGL Rechtsanwalts-Partnerschaft, Seilerstätte 15, 1010 Vienna, office@ers-vienna.at, to sufficiently protect your personal information. We therefore oblige ourselves to observe and comply with the applicable legal provisions regarding the protection, lawful handling and confidentiality of personal data, as well as data security, in particular the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), the European General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and the Telecommunications Act (TKG).

Our Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of your personal information by EHRLICH-ROGNER & SCHLÖGL Rechtsanwalts-Partnerschaft in connection with a mandate or your visit and use of our website.

2. Personal data

We, EHRLICH-ROGNER & SCHLÖGL Rechtsanwalts-Partnerschaft collect, process and use of your personal data only with your consent, mandate or order for the purposes agreed with you or if there is another legal basis in accordance with the GDPR; that is in compliance with the data protection and civil law provisions.

Only those personal data are collected which are necessary for the performance and processing of our legal services or those which you voluntarily provided to us.

Personal data is any data that contains details of personal or material circumstances, such as name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, age, gender, social security number, video recordings, photos, voice recordings of individuals and biometric data such as fingerprints. Sensitive data, such as health-related data or data related to criminal proceedings, may also be included.

3. How long do we store the personal data?

As a matter of principle, we keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected in accordance with this privacy policy. Situations may arise, however, where we may, however, be required by law to keep certain information over a longer period of time. In these cases, we will ensure that your personal information is treated in accordance with this privacy policy throughout the entire period.

4. Will your data be shared?

In order to complete your request, it may also be necessary to forward your data to third party (eg counterparty, substitutes, insurance companies, service providers whom we use and to whom we provide data etc.) courts or authorities. The forwarding of your data takes place exclusively on basis of the DSGVO, in particular for the fulfillment of your request or on the basis of your prior consent.

Furthermore, we inform you that, as part of our legal representation and support, circumstantial and case-related information about you are regularly obtained from third parties.

Some of the aforementioned recipients of your personal information are located outside your country or process your personal information there. The level of data protection in other countries may in certain circumstances not be the same as that of Austria. We only transfer your personal data, however, to countries that the EU Commission has decided have an adequate level of data protection, or we take measures to ensure that all recipients have an adequate level of data protection, for which we isolate standard contractual clauses (2010/87 / EC and / or 2004/915 / EC).

5. Data security

The protection of your personal data is ensured through appropriate organizational and technical precautions. These precautions relate in particular to protection against unauthorized, unlawful or accidental access, processing, loss, use and manipulation.

Notwithstanding the efforts to maintain a consistently high level of due diligence, it cannot be ruled out that information you share with us over the Internet will be viewed and used by others.

Please note that we therefore accept no liability whatsoever for the disclosure of information due to errors in the data transfer that were not caused by us and / or unauthorized access by third parties (eg the hacking of email accounts or telephone, interception of emails, faxing or other transmission media).

6. Announcement of data breaches

We will endeavor to ensure that any data breaches are detected early and, where appropriate, promptly reported to you or the relevant regulatory authority, including the relevant data categories involved.

7. Confidentiality

The personal data that you submit to us will be treated confidentially. Personal data will not be sold, distributed, given to third parties for money or used commercially in any other way, but will be passed on to our service providers exclusively for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. The confidentiality and security of your information is maintained in accordance with our privacy policy and applicable law.

8. Your rights

You have a right to information about the personal data we process about you. In addition, you have the right to correct incorrect data and delete your data ("right to be forgotten"). You may also revoke your consent to the processing of personal data with effect for the future if said processing is based on your consent. You may also be entitled to restrict the processing of your data and have the right to disclose the data you provide in a structured, common and machine-readable format ("data portability").

We grant you all rights in respect of your personal data to which you are entitled under applicable law. If you object to and handle your personal data, you can contact the relevant data protection supervisory authority. Our data protection supervisory authority is the Austrian Data Protection Authority.

If you have any questions regarding your personal data, please contact us at office@ers-vienna.at.

Of course, if a telephone request is made on your part, we will process it, but we reserve the right to ask you to provide proof of your identity, for example by sending us a copy of your ID.

9. Change of privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy if necessary. The updated privacy policy will be published on our website. Please regularly check the relevant page. Subject to applicable law, all changes will be effective as soon as the updated privacy statement is published.