General
Personal data is data that allows the identification of a person. This includes, among other things, the name, address, date of birth and IP address. The protection and security of your personal data is very important to us. For this reason, we inform you in the following about our handling of your personal data, in particular how and for what purpose we collect and process your personal data, to whom we transmit it and what claims and rights data subjects have. We are already bound to confidentiality by virtue of our professional secrecy and therefore also pay particular attention to the legal provisions on data security, in particular the Austrian Data Protection Act ("DSG"), the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("DSGVO") and the Telecommunications Act ("TKG"). Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Responsible for data processing
Quadratmeter Consulting GmbH
Contact person Mag. Christian Sommer
Opernring 1/R/345
1010 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 961 4000
Email: office@quadratmeter.at
Who is the addressee of this declaration, what data is collected, how and for what purpose?
This data protection declaration is aimed equally at clients, interested parties (newsletter recipients), business partners, applicants and website visitors (www.quadratmeter.at). Should any questions arise in connection with this data protection statement, please send us an e-mail to the following address: office@quadratmeter.at. Data is collected and processed in different ways and for different purposes depending on whether you are a customer, prospective customer/newsletter recipient, business partner, job applicant or website visitor.
Data processing for clients
In order to perform and process our legal services, we collect and store the personal data that you have voluntarily provided to us, such as name, address, e-mail, telephone number, date of birth, gender, social security number, tax number, bank details, account number, photographs, health data and, if applicable, biometric data. We process your personal data to fulfil our contractual obligations within the framework of the customer relationship, to fulfil other legal obligations, and/or on the basis of legitimate interests (in particular use for advertising purposes), unless your interests in confidentiality prevail.
Data processing for interested parties/newsletter recipients
We collect the personal data required to process the transmission from interested parties who would like to receive our newsletter. If you have agreed to receive the newsletter by e-mail or through our newsletter tool, we collect the following personal data: Name, academic degree, e-mail, company, department, position and geographical location. The purpose of collecting the data is to send the newsletter and to provide further information about products, services, events as part of self-marketing. Interested parties and newsletter recipients can unsubscribe both on our website www.quadratmeter.at and via the link sent with the e-mail newsletter.
Data processing for business partners
As part of the processing of transactions with suppliers, service providers and other business partners, we collect and store the personal data required to process the transaction. This includes the name, date of birth, address, telephone number, social security number, tax number, VAT number and company register number. The data is processed in order to fulfil our contractual obligations, to comply with related legal requirements (maintenance of proper accounting) and to protect legitimate interests (e.g. in the context of a legal dispute).
Data processing for applicants
From applicants for a position at Quadratmeter Consulting GmbH who apply in writing or via the direct option on our website, we collect the personal data provided by them that is necessary for the processing of the application process. For this purpose, we collect the name, educational background, academic degree, address, telephone number, date of birth, national insurance number, place of birth, nationality, language skills, hobbies and any additional qualifications. If you have consented to your data being kept on record, it will be stored for a maximum of 3 years; however, you can expressly revoke your consent to the keeping of records at any time.
Data processing for website visitors
In the course of using our website (www.quadratmeter.at), we collect, record and store the IP address and IP location, the referrer URL (the website visited before and after), the number, duration and time of the calls (your interaction with the website) as well as the language, the type of search engine and the keywords you used to find us. In addition, we use cookies, including from Google Analytics, if you have given your consent to this when using our website. Cookies are small text files that are temporarily stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit and are not permanently stored on your terminal device. Other cookies are stored on your terminal device until you delete them (permanent cookies). These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit. The information collected by Google Analytics (IP address, browser & device type, operating system, resolution, country, language, service provider, pages visited and time spent) is usually transferred to a server of Google Inc. (1600 AMphiteatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) in the USA or in another state outside the EU. Social media plugins are integrated into our website in order to be able to recommend and share articles in social networks, for example Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Xing, LinkedIn etc.. Data is only transmitted to third parties when website visitors click on one of the icons displayed in the social media list. We have neither influence on nor access to cookies set by social networks. The collection and processing of personal data is done to secure the operation as well as to analyse and improve the advertising presence. You can also adapt the setting of cookies and the transmission of advertising by Google Inc. via the setting of your browser or download a corresponding plugin at https://tools.google/dlpage/gaoptout.
Data processing for visitors to the office premises
We also process your data for the purpose of self-protection (protection of property as well as employee protection and fulfilment of traffic safety obligations) as well as for the purpose of preventing and clarifying criminally relevant behaviour in the form of encrypted video surveillance. The data is evaluated exclusively for these purposes. The data will be stored for up to 72 hours, longer storage will only take place in case of an occasion for the duration of the processing of the procedure. Your data will not be passed on to recipients who pursue their own purposes with this data, but only to competent authorities and courts (for reasons of preserving evidence or enforcing claims), to insurance companies (for the settlement of insurance claims) and to lawyers and other bodies for the purpose of enforcing the law. A transfer to recipients in a third country or to an international organisation is not envisaged. Notwithstanding the data subject rights to which you are entitled (cf. point 3. Data subject rights), it should be noted that there is no right to data portability here.
How long is personal data stored?
We only store personal data for as long as we need it to fulfil the purposes outlined above and to meet our contractual or legal obligations. The data is also stored for evidence purposes, taking into account the limitation periods or as long as a claim (liability) is possible on our part.
Data security and transfer of data to third parties (transmission)
We have taken state-of-the-art organisational and technical precautions to ensure the protection of your personal data (protection against misuse from both inside and outside (e.g. through firewalls, encryption, access authorisations, etc.). However, it cannot be ruled out that, due to errors in data transmission not caused by us or also unauthorised access by third parties (hackers, etc.), information may be viewed or used by other persons. We accept no liability for this, provided that this misuse was not culpably caused by us. In principle, we do not make your personal data available to third parties. However, it may be necessary to pass on your data to trusted third parties in order to fulfil your order or for legal reasons. These may be courts or authorities or other third parties involved (including tax advisors, banks, IT service providers, order processors working for us). In this case, the transfer of your data will only take place on the basis of the DSGVO (on the basis of consent given by you, for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or fulfilling a legal obligation, etc.).
What rights do data subjects have
You have the right to information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing, as well as a right to rectification, objection, data transfer, restriction of processing and blocking or deletion of incorrect/impermissibly processed data. You also have the right to revoke any consent you may have given to use your personal data at any time. To assert the data subject rights to which you are entitled (information, deletion, correction, objection and/or data transfer [provided that, in the case of data transfer, this does not involve a disproportionate effort]), please contact us by e-mail at office@quadratmeter.at. If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data by us violates the applicable data protection law or your data protection rights have been violated in another way, you have the possibility to complain to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority is the Austrian Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna, e-mail: dsp@dsb.gv.at.
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