Privacy Policy

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

Birgit Noha, LLM
Zieglergasse 1/18
A-1070 Vienna / Wien
AUSTRIA
Tel: +43 (0)1 / 522 27 29
Email: office@laws.at

If you contact us by email, telephone or letter, the personal data you provide will be processed for the purpose of handling your inquiry or for follow-up questions and/or for the performance of a contract, respectively. 

We collect only personal data which a which you have provided voluntarily.

The data will be processed by the controller and his staff, stored securely and only passed on internally or transmitted to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of the performance of a contract or if you have given your prior consent. This processing will be carried out based on either the performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), or the legitimate interests of the controller (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

If the processing of your personal data is (exclusively) based on consent, your data will no longer be processed and will be deleted after revocation. 

For data protection reasons, this website does not track or evaluate user behavior. Only technically necessary cookies are used, which do not forward any data and are deleted immediately. Insofar as these necessary procedures may be qualified as processing of personal data, they are carried out in the legitimate interest of the controller (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

This website uses HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), a communication protocol in the World Wide Web, which is a transport encryption (data protection by technical design in accordance with Art. 25 para. 1 GDPR).

The use of TLS (Transport Layer Security), which is an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the internet, serves to protect confidential data.

At any time you have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), a right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO) as well as a right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR) and a right to data portability (Art 20 GDPR), respectively. If there are any changes to your personal data, we kindly ask you to inform us accordingly.

You have the right to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data in whole or in part at any time. The personal data will be stored until your declaration of consent is revoked. If you revoke your consent, the legality of the processing of your personal data prior to revocation shall not be affected. Please note that the above-mentioned purposes will in part, no longer be able to be fulfilled due to the revocation.

If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data by us violates applicable data protection law or that your rights under data protection law have been infringed in any other way, you have the option of complaining to the responsible supervisory authority (Austrian Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna, dsb[at]dsb.gv.at).

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law or those pursuant to Section 12 of the Austrian Bar Act).

When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.