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The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to ECOVIS Austria Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H.. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of the legal provisions in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR [EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, DSGVO]) and the Federal Act on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (Data Protection Act – DSG). In the following, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within our company.

Name and contact details of the person responsible and, if applicable, his representative:

ECOVIS Austria Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Rechte Wienzeile 225, Top 601, 1120 Vienna
Tel: +43 1-599 22-0
E-Mail: wien@ecovis.at
Website: https://www.ecovis.com/austria/


We process personal data of customers as follows:

In the context of business relationship, the following data provided by you will be processed: Master data incl. contact information (such as address, tel, mail, fax, VAT-ID number), bank details.

In addition, the following data, which arise due to the business relationship, are processed: Communication data, data on accounting and controlling, order and contract data, financing and payment terms, creditworthiness information, data on customer satisfaction, subject of delivery or service, data on delivery and service terms, purchase history, purchase behavior, product and demand interests, survey data, organizational data (such as dates), subject and reference, business case documents, product / service data, inquiries.

General data processing within the scope of the business relationship:

The processing of data is carried out for the fulfillment of a contractual relationship or is based on a legal basis within the framework of a business relationship (or for the handling of this). The processing of your data is carried out for the formal handling of the business cases to be handled by us, for checking and evaluating whether customer satisfaction is given and for assessing the quality of the services used as well as for handling the sale of goods and services.

The transmission of the data relevant in each individual case is based on a legal basis or for the fulfillment of a contractual relationship. In addition, the transfer is made to the following categories of transferees:

  • Banks
  • Legal representatives
  • Chartered accountants, auditors and tax advisors
  • Courts
  • Competent administrative authorities
  • Collection agencies
  • Third-party financiers
  • Contractual and business partners
  • Insurances
  • Statistics Austria
  • Transport companies
  • Suppliers

Data processing for the purpose of direct marketing:

The data is processed on the basis of your consent and on the basis of a legitimate interest for the initiation of business concerning the own delivery or service offer. The legitimate interest results from the interest of the responsible party to send messages to customers in order to promote its own range of services.

The transmission of the relevant data in the respective individual case is based on your consent and on a legitimate interest.

Data processing for the purposes of carrying out administrative activities:

The processing of data is based on our legitimate interest in optimizing customer-specific communication with our customers. We therefore operate a customer relationship management system and thus process your data in order to document and improve our customer relations with you (documentation of the content of the communication between our employees and you).

The transmission of the data relevant in each individual case is based on a legitimate interest. In addition, the transmission takes place to the following categories of transmission recipients:

  • Legal representative
  • Chartered accountants, auditors and tax advisors

We store the data for the duration of the (business) relationship or for one year thereafter.

Data processing in the context of applications:

Interested parties have the opportunity to apply for open positions online and enter their data in a contact form, as well as upload application documents.

The processing of applicant data is carried out for the implementation of pre-contractual measures (Art 6 Para 1 Lit b GDPR (EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung [DSGVO]) and for the purpose of processing and handling applications.

If an applicant receives an acceptance, further data processing is based on the fulfillment of the contractual relationship (Art 6 Para 1 Lit b GDPR (EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung [DSGVO]). In the event of a rejection, the storage of data is based on the legitimate interest of defending against or asserting claims arising from the Equal Treatment Act (Art 6 Para 1 Lit f GDPR (EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung [DSGVO]).

We do not pass on applicants’ data to third parties.

The data will only be processed for as long as is necessary for the processing of the application or due to legal obligations. In the event of an acceptance, the data will be included in the personnel file and stored for 7 years after the end of the employment relationship. If applicants are rejected, the personal data is deleted after 7 months.

Joint responsibility within the meaning of Art 26 GDPR:

ECOVIS Austria Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1060 Vienna, Schmalzhofgasse 4, ECOVIS Scholler & Partner Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH, Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, 1060 Vienna, Schmalzhofgasse 4, ECOVIS Austria Unternehmensberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H., ECOVIS Scholler & Partner Steuerberatungs GmbH, 3100 St. Pölten, Kremser Gasse 20, ECOVIS Niederösterreich Steuerberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H., 3270 Scheibbs, Rathausgasse 3 / 3520 Wieselburg, Hauptplatz 24, ECOVIS Salzburg Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungs GmbH, 5020 Salzburg, Innsbrucker Bundesstraße 140, ECOVIS Linder & Gruber Steuer- und Wirtschaftsberatung GmbH & Co KG, 8970 Schladming, Martin Luther-Straße 160, shall act as joint responsible parties for all data applications described above. All obligations within the scope of joint responsibility are performed by ECOVIS Austria Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1060 Vienna, Schmalzhofgasse 4.

Further informationen:

The data subject has the right to information about the stored data pursuant to Art 15 GDPR, to correction of inaccurate data pursuant to Art 16 GDPR, to deletion of data pursuant to Art 17 GDPR, to restriction of the processing of data pursuant to Art 18 GDPR, to object to unreasonable data processing pursuant to Art 21 GDPR and to data portability pursuant to Art 20 GDPR.

If the processing is carried out on the basis of a declaration of consent, the data subject has the possibility to revoke this at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

The data subject has the right to complain to the supervisory authority – the competent authority in Austria is the data protection authority. The address is:

Austrian Data Protection Authority
Barichgasse 40-42
1030 Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 52 152-0
E-Mail: dsb@dsb.gv.at

We disclose in the context of the collection of the data, should the provision of personal data for the data subject be required by law or contract or be necessary for the conclusion of a contract. At the same time, we disclose whether the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data and what the possible consequences of not providing it would be.

Automated decision-making, including profiling, does not take place. If personal data is processed for a purpose other than that for which the personal data was collected, we have disclosed this information about this other purpose to the data subject.