Privacy policy

This notice describes how the commercial organization that processes your personal data ("we") carries out this processing as the sole controller. To make it easier for you to find your way around, key parts of this notice are structured according to the group of data subjects. To find out how we process your personal data, please read the section(s) below that apply to you.

1 Whose data do we process and how?

1.1 Members, their employees and officers

In connection with our member support and administration and the representation of our members' interests and information, we process some of your personal data as a member (including former members) or as an employee or officer (in particular as a managing director, board member or supervisory board member) of one of our members.

How we process your personal data is described in this section 1.1. You can also read about international data transfers and your rights in connection with the processing of your personal data in sections 2 and 3 below.

1.1.1 Categories of data processed and purposes of data processing

We will process your data specified in Annex 1 ("your data") for the following purposes

Keeping a list of members and statistics;
Representing the interests of our members within the meaning of the Economic Chamber Act 1998 ("WKG");
Participation in statistical recordings and surveys;
Advice, information and support for our members in legal and (foreign) economic matters;
Supporting authorities and members by providing information (in particular about periods of membership, issuing certificates of completed training, etc.);
Organizing information and training events (including invitations, keeping attendance lists and minutes);
Providing information through our newsletter and publications;
Advertising and public relations;
Inclusion in a business partner database;
Provision of accomplishments / achievements / performances offered on our website, insofar as we operate a website;
Other activities in connection with member administration and representation of interests within the meaning of the WKG and related ordinances;
Fulfillment of tasks in connection with the calculation and collection of levies and fees in accordance with the WKG;
Conducting the Chamber of Commerce elections;
fulfillment of other legal obligations, in particular under the WKG.

If your personal data is processed by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber or a provincial chamber, your data will also be processed for the following purposes:

Providing reports, expert opinions and proposals on concerns of our members to authorities and legislative bodies;
Promoting the economy, in particular by offering training and further education as well as providing general, technical and business promotion through corresponding institutions, in particular through business promotion institutes (within the meaning of § 19 para. 1 no. 4 WKG);
Appointment of representatives to other corporations and bodies;
Appointment of members to legally established advisory boards, authorities and associations;
Subsidy and funding administration.

If your personal data is processed by a specialist organization, your data will also be processed for the following purposes:

Promoting the economic, social and humanitarian affairs of members, strengthening community spirit and industry image;
Ensuring equal opportunities for members in competition, in particular preventing unauthorized trade practices
Promoting cooperation and joint activities, in particular the establishment of commercial and economic cooperatives, as well as the development of market- and future-oriented industry concepts;
Negotiating and concluding collective agreements;
Promotion of public and private education in the interests of the members, the promotion of training and further education for members and their employees and the promotion of vocational training.

We collect this data as part of your membership or in connection with the provision of services to one of our members either by you providing us with this data yourself (in particular by communicating via email or other means of communication) or by us collecting this data, for example in the course of consultations, the organization of events, etc. In addition, we obtain trade data from public registers and sources.

In cases where we ask you to provide your data, this is generally voluntary. However, various processes of membership administration, representation of interests and information and event management as well as internal and external communication in these matters will be delayed or even impossible if you do not provide your personal data. If the provision of your data is required by law in some cases, we will inform you of this separately.

1.1.2 Legal bases for processing

We process your data on the following basis:

Necessity for the fulfillment of legal obligations to which we are subject, in particular under the WKG, this in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit c General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR");
processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e GDPR
our overriding legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which consists in efficiently organizing our member administration and our information and event management as well as internal and external communication in these matters;
in individual cases: Your consent to the processing of your personal data (Art 6 para 1 lit a or Art 9 para 2 lit a GDPR).

1.1.3 Transmission of your personal data

Insofar as this is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes, we will transfer your data to the following recipients

Business organizations;
Members of the Chamber of Commerce;
Courts and administrative authorities;
Public corporations in the performance of their duties (e.g. social insurance institutions, interest groups, municipalities);
Members of legal advisory and support professions (e.g. lawyers, notaries, chartered accountants);
Financial and credit institutions for the processing of payment transactions;
Economic chamber constituencies;
Associations and organizations for the protection of economic interests and order (e.g. protective association against unfair competition);
Public Employment Service (AMS) for the administration of support measures;
all parties interested in member data, with your consent, unless the data has already been permissibly published or the transfer serves the purpose of business promotion;
legally established advisory boards, authorities and associations to which members are delegated
Contractual partners who are called upon to provide accomplishments / achievements / performances;
WKO Inhouse GmbH;
external IT service providers.

1.1.4 Storage period

Your data will generally be stored by us for as long as statutory retention obligations exist or the storage is necessary to fulfill our legal duties, as well as beyond that, as long as guarantee, warranty or limitation periods have not yet expired.

1.2 Officials and employees of commercial organizations

In order to be able to perform our tasks of managing officials and representing the interests of our members, we will process some of your personal data in connection with your work as an official or employee of a commercial organization. If you have an employment relationship with us, an additional privacy policy applies to you.

How we process your personal data is described in this section 1.2. You can also find out more about international data transfers and your rights in connection with the processing of your personal data in sections 2 and 3 below.

1.2.1 Categories of data processed and purposes of data processing

We will process your data referred to in Annex 2 ("your data") for the following purposes:

Functionary administration;
Presentation of functionaries and employees on the Internet and on the inter-chamber intranet;
Representation of interests, support and advice of our members and other tasks within the meaning of the Economic Chamber Act 1998 ("WKG");
Settlement of expense and function allowances and reimbursement of expenses within the meaning of Section 50 (3) and (4) WKG;
Conducting the Chamber of Commerce elections;
Organization and conduct of meetings, including the preparation of invitations, minutes of meetings and attendance lists;
Communication with you;
event management and
Sending newsletters and publications.

If your personal data is processed by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber or a provincial chamber, your data will also be processed for the following purposes:

Approval of the estimates and financial statements of the professional organizations and their management.

If your personal data is processed by a professional organization , your data will also be processed for the following purposes:

Negotiations and conclusion of collective agreements.

We collect your data as part of your work as a functionary or employee of a trade organization, either by you providing us with this data yourself (in particular by communicating via e-mail or other modern means of communication) or by us collecting it ourselves, for example in the course of meetings or the handling of events. In addition, we obtain trade data from public registers and sources.

In cases where we ask you to provide your data, this is generally voluntary. However, various processes of functionary administration, representation of interests and information and event management, as well as internal and external communication in these matters will be delayed or even impossible if you do not provide your data. If the provision of your data is legally required in some cases, we will inform you of this separately.

1.2.2 Legal bases for processing

We process your data on the following basis:

Necessity to fulfill legal obligations to which we are subject, in particular under the WKG, this in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit c General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") as well as,
our overriding legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which consists in efficiently organizing the administration of officials, our event management and information offerings as well as internal and external communication in these matters;
in individual cases: Your consent to the processing of your data (Art 6 para 1 lit a or Art 9 para 2 lit a GDPR).

1.2.3 Transmission of your personal data

Insofar as this is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes, we will transfer your data to the following recipients

Business organizations;
Members of the Chamber of Commerce;
Courts and administrative authorities;
Public corporations in the performance of their duties (e.g. social insurance institutions, interest groups, municipalities);
Members of legal advisory and support professions (e.g. lawyers, notaries, chartered accountants);
Financial and credit institutions for the processing of payment transactions;
Economic chamber constituencies;
Associations and organizations for the protection of economic interests and order (e.g. protective association against unfair competition);
all parties interested in official data (including members); this with your consent as an official, unless the data has already been published permissibly or the transfer serves to promote the economy;
Contractual partners who are involved in the provision of accomplishments / achievements / performances;
WKO Inhouse GmbH and
external IT service providers.

1.2.4 Storage period

1.3 Apprentices and persons taking master craftsman or qualification examinations

If you are in apprenticeship training ("apprentice") or wish to take or have taken a master craftsman or qualification examination at one of the master craftsman examination centers of the Chamber of Commerce, we will process some of your personal data as described here. Apprenticeship and master craftsman examination centers are set up at the regional chambers of commerce.

In this section 1.3, we inform you about how we process your data. You can also find out about international data transfers and your rights in connection with the processing of your personal data in sections 2 and 3 below.

1.3.1 Categories of data processed and purposes of data processing

We will process your data specified in Annex 3 ("your data") for the following purposes:

to process the tasks of the provincial chambers as apprenticeship offices, in particular in accordance with Section 19 of the Vocational Training Act and as master craftsman examination centers in accordance with Section 350 ff GewO 1994 and the Vocational Training Act;
to check the suitability of the training companies in terms of material and personnel;
to examine and record apprenticeship contracts;
to advise apprentices and training companies;
to process final apprenticeship examinations and subsidies for training companies;
to handle master craftsman and qualification examinations;
for the organization and processing of preparatory courses.

Your data is either provided to us directly by you (in particular through communication via e-mail or other means of communication) or we collect this data ourselves, for example in the course of consultations or the processing of examinations or preparatory courses.

In cases where we ask you to provide your data, this is generally voluntary. However, you will not be able to use our services as an apprenticeship or master craftsman examination center, or only to a limited extent, if you do not provide your data. If the provision of your data is required by law in some cases, we will inform you of this separately.

1.3.2 Legal basis for processing

We process your data on the following basis:

Necessity to fulfill legal obligations to which we are subject, in particular under the Vocational Training Act and the Trade Regulation Act, this in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit c of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR");
our overriding legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which consists of being able to efficiently perform our tasks as an apprenticeship or master craftsman examination center; and
in individual cases: Your consent to the processing of your data (Art 6 para 1 lit a or Art 9 para 2 lit a GDPR).

1.3.3 Transmission of your personal data

Insofar as this is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes, we will transfer your data to the following recipients

Business organizations;
Members of the Chamber of Commerce;
Administrative authorities (e.g. tax office, labor market service, etc.);
Public corporations in the performance of their duties (e.g. social insurance institutions, interest groups, etc.);
Lawyers and chartered accountants;
Financial and credit institutions for the processing of payment transactions;
Associations and organizations for the protection of economic interests and order (e.g. protective association against unfair competition);
The master data register authority within the scope of its powers under the E-Government Act;
funding bodies;
Courts;
Cooperation partners (e.g. consulting service providers);
Statistics AUSTRIA:
Vocational schools and school board;
WKO Inhouse GmbH and
external (IT) service providers.

1.3.4 Storage period

Your data will only be stored by us for as long as is necessary to fulfill our legal obligations, in particular under the Vocational Training Act and the Industrial Code 1994, or until the end of any relevant guarantee, warranty, limitation or other statutory retention periods or any legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence.

1.4 Founders, interested parties and journalists

If you are in the process of founding a company ("founder") or, apart from founding or managing a company, are interested in our organization or our range of information and services or participate in events or courses offered by us ("interested party"), we will process some of your personal data as described here. If you are a journalist, we will also process some of your personal data.

In this section 1.4 we inform you about how we process your data. You can also read about international data transfers and your rights in relation to the processing of your personal data in sections 2 and 3 below.

1.4.1 Categories of data processed and purposes of data processing

We will process your data specified in Annex 4 ("your data") for the following purposes:

Information and advice on all matters relating to the establishment of companies;
Information on trade policy issues and our activities;
Organizing and holding information and training events (including sending out invitations, taking photographs at events, keeping attendance lists and minutes, and course administration);
Providing information through our newsletter and publications;
Subsidy and funding administration;
Other activities in connection with the administration of founders and interested parties as well as our event management;
Organizing and holding press conferences and managing press contacts;
Public relations and
if you visit our premises, for the purpose of property protection and for the containment and clarification of behavior relevant under criminal law.

In cases where we ask you to provide your data, this is generally voluntary. However, various processes of founder administration, representation of interests, information and event management as well as internal and external communication in these matters will be delayed or even impossible if you do not provide your data. If the provision of your data is required by law in some cases, we will inform you of this separately.

1.4.2 Legal bases for processing

We process your data on the following basis:

Necessity to fulfill legal obligations to which we are subject, in particular under the Economic Chamber Act 1998 ("WKG"), this in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit c of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR");
our overriding legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which consists in the efficient organization of our founder administration as well as the organization of events and internal and external communication, including public relations;
in individual cases: Your consent to the processing of your data (Art 6 para 1 lit a or Art 9 para 2 lit a GDPR).

1.4.3 Transmission of your personal data

Insofar as this is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes, we will transfer your data to the following recipients

Business organizations;
Chamber of Commerce members and founders;
Other interested parties (including research, business and cooperation associations);
Courts and administrative authorities;
Public corporations in the performance of their duties;
Members of the legal and support professions (e.g. lawyers, notaries, chartered accountants);
Financial and credit institutions;
contractual partners involved in the provision of accomplishments / achievements / performances;
all parties interested in founder data, with your consent as founder, unless the data has already been published in a permissible manner or the transfer serves to promote the economy;
Public Employment Service (AMS) for the administration of support measures;
Cooperation partners for events and educational offers;
WKO Inhouse GmbH and
external IT service providers.

1.4.4 Storage period

Your data will only be stored by us until the information or support relationship ends or beyond that for as long as is necessary to fulfill our legal obligations, in particular under the WKG, or until the end of any relevant guarantee, warranty, limitation or other legal retention periods or any legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence.

1.5 Service providers and recipients, their employees and officers

As part of our activities, we cooperate with companies and persons who provide us with various accomplishments / achievements / performances (this includes services as well as deliveries of goods or sponsoring; "service providers"). On the other hand, we also act as a service provider ourselves within the scope of our activities and therefore provide accomplishments / achievements / performances to natural or legal persons ("service recipients"). This notice applies to you as a service recipient or service provider and as their employee or officer.

In this section 1.5, we inform you about how we process your personal data. You can also read about international data transfers and your rights in connection with the processing of your personal data in sections 2 and 3 below.

1.5.1 Categories of data processed and purposes of data processing

We will process your data specified in Annex 5 ("your data") for the following purposes:

Performing our duties within the meaning of the Economic Chamber Act 1998 ("WKG"), in particular representing the interests of and advising our members;
Organization and holding of information and further training events;
Providing information through our newsletter and publications;
other activities in connection with the administration of members, founders and interested parties as well as our event management and public relations work;
Provision of working materials and infrastructure to ensure efficient internal workflows.

Your data is either provided to us directly by you (in particular through communication via email or other means of communication) or we collect your data ourselves, for example in the course of handling events or services that we provide to you.

In cases where we ask you to provide your data, this is generally voluntary. However, the processing of services may be delayed or in some cases impossible if you do not provide your data. If the provision of your data is required by law in some cases, we will inform you of this separately.

1.5.2 Legal basis for processing

We process your personal data on the following basis:

Necessity to fulfill legal obligations to which we are subject, in particular under the Economic Chamber Act 1998 ("WKG"), this in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit c of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR");
our predominantly legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which consists of efficiently organizing our administrative, advisory and support activities;
in individual cases: Your consent to the processing of your data (Art 6 para 1 lit a or Art 9 para 2 lit a GDPR).

1.5.3 Transmission of your personal data

If this is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes, we will transfer your personal data to the following recipients

Financial and credit institutions;
Contractual partners involved in the provision of accomplishments / achievements / performances;
Banks for the processing of payment transactions;
Legal representatives in business cases;
chartered accountants for auditing purposes;
Courts and authorities;
Debt collection companies for debt collection (abroad only if the debt has to be collected abroad);
Assignees, factoring companies, insurance companies, credit agencies, creditor protection associations in their function as creditor representatives;
Contractual partners who participate or are to participate in the delivery or accomplishments / performances;
Insurance companies on the occasion of the conclusion of an insurance contract for accomplishments / achievements / performances or the occurrence of an insured event (e.g. liability insurance);
Federal Institute "Statistics Austria" for the preparation of legally required (official) statistics;
WKO Inhouse GmbH and
external IT service providers.

1.5.4 Storage period

Your data will generally be stored by us until the end of the business relationship or beyond, as long as this is necessary to fulfill our legal obligations, in particular under the WKG, or until the end of relevant guarantee, warranty, limitation or other statutory retention periods or any legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence.

1.6 Political decision-makers and stakeholders

We process personal data about you as a political decision-maker, as an employee of a ministry, provincial government or other authority or as a representative of the interests of employees (e.g. officials of the Chamber of Labour or trade unionists), consumers or companies as part of the fulfilment of our tasks under the Economic Chamber Act 1998 ("WKG"), in particular with regard to the representation of interests and in connection with events organized by us.

In this section 1.6 we inform you about how we process your personal data. You can also find out more about international data transfers and your rights in connection with the processing of your personal data in sections 2 and 3 below.

1.6.1 Categories of data processed and purposes of data processing

We will process your data specified in Annex 6 ("your data") for the following purposes:

Performing our tasks within the meaning of the WKG, in particular representing the interests of our members and, insofar as your personal data is processed by a professional organization, negotiating and concluding collective agreements;
Invitation to and organization of events;
Sending our newsletter as well as information and publications.

Your data is either provided to us directly by you (in particular through communication via e-mail or other means of communication) or we collect your data ourselves, for example in the course of activities in connection with the handling of events.

In cases where we ask you to provide your data, this is generally voluntary. However, various processes, such as the sending of our newsletter, could be delayed or even become impossible if you do not provide us with this data. If the provision of your data is required by law in some cases, we will inform you of this separately.

1.6.2 Legal basis for processing

We process your data on the following basis:

Necessity to fulfill legal obligations to which we are subject, in particular under the WKG, this in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit c General Data Protection Regulation;
our overriding legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which consists in efficiently organizing our information activities;
in individual cases: Your consent to the processing of your data (Art 6 para 1 lit a or Art 9 para 2 lit a GDPR).

1.6.3 Transmission of your personal data

If this is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes, we will transfer your data to the following recipients

Business organizations;
Other interested parties (including research, business and cooperation associations);
WKO Inhouse GmbH and
external IT service providers.

1.6.4 Storage period

Your data will be stored by us in any case for the duration of your professional activity, or beyond that for as long as this is necessary to fulfill our legal obligations, in particular under the WKG, or until the end of relevant statutory retention periods or any legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence.

1.7 Users of our website

This section applies if we operate a website.

If you visit a website operated by us, we will process some of your personal data in connection with this visit.

In this section 1.7, we inform you about how we process your personal data. You can also read about international data transfers and your rights in connection with the processing of your personal data in sections 2 and 3 below.

1.7.1 Categories of data processed and purposes of data processing

When you visit this website, we will automatically collect the following personal data about you:

The date and time you access a page on our website;
Your IP address;
the name and version of your web browser
the website (URL) you visited before accessing this website
certain cookies (see section 1.7.5 below).

In addition, we may ask you to enter personal data on our website, such as your name and e-mail address, in order to provide you with certain services.

There is no obligation to actually provide the data that we ask you to provide on our website. However, if you do not do so, you will not be able to use all the functions of the website.

We process your data for the following purposes:

to make this website available to you and to further improve and develop this website;
to be able to compile usage statistics;
to display personalized page suggestions;
to detect, prevent and investigate attacks on our website; and
to provide members with a user account on our website.

1.7.2 Legal bases of the processing

We process your personal data on the basis of

the need to fulfill legal obligations to which we are subject, in particular under the Economic Chamber Act 1998 ("WKG"), pursuant to Art 6 para 1 lit c of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and
our overriding legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which consists of making our website user-friendly and protecting our website from attacks.

1.7.3 Transmission of your personal data

If this is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes, we will transfer your personal data to the following recipients

WKO Inhouse GmbH;
external IT service providers, including Google Analytics (see section 1.7.6 below).

1.7.4 Storage period

We will generally store your data for a period of three months. Data will only be stored for longer if this is necessary to investigate identified attacks on our website and only until the end of relevant limitation periods, statutory retention periods or any legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence. In addition, we store the data that we collect to provide your user account or the WKO user administration for as long as your account exists.

1.7.5 Cookies

Cookies are used on our website. A cookie is a small file that can be stored on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are generally used to provide users with additional functions on a website. For example, they can be used to make it easier for you to navigate a website, to enable you to continue using a website where you left it and/or to save your preferences and settings when you visit the website again. Cookies cannot access, read or modify any other data on your computer.

Most of the cookies on our website are so-called session cookies. They are automatically deleted when you leave our website. Persistent cookies, on the other hand, remain on your computer until you delete them manually in your browser. We use such persistent cookies to recognize you the next time you visit our website.

If you want to control cookies on your computer, you can select your browser settings so that you receive a notification when a website wants to save cookies. You can also block or delete cookies if they have already been stored on your computer. If you would like to know more about how to take these steps, please use the "Help" function in your browser. For the most user-friendly handling possible, we sometimes also use a so-called "cookie management tool", with which you can manage the setting of cookies even more easily. Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect your online experience and prevent you from making full use of this website.

We use social media plug-ins to enable users to recommend and share content from social networks, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, widgets from Flickr. We use a two-stage process for this. Data is only transferred to third parties when users click on one of the icons displayed in the social media bar. We have neither influence nor access to cookies that are set by Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.

We also use cookies to display personalized page suggestions. No IP numbers are stored in the process. The following data is collected when you visit the website Internal ID of the page accessed, attributes of the page accessed, categories of the page accessed. This data is not transmitted to anyone.

Our website may use plugins from the Google-operated YouTube site. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established as soon as you start playing a video. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

To protect input forms on our website, we may use the "reCAPTCHA" service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google". By using this service, it is possible to distinguish whether the corresponding input is of human origin or is misused by automated machine processing.

To our knowledge, the referrer URL, the IP address, the behavior of the website visitor, information about the operating system, browser and length of stay, cookies, display instructions and scripts, the user's input behavior and mouse movements in the "reCAPTCHA" checkbox area are transmitted to "Google".

Google uses the information obtained in this way, among other things, to digitize books and other printed materials and to optimize services such as Google Street View and Google Maps (e.g. house number and street name recognition).

The IP address transmitted as part of "reCAPTCHA" will not be merged with other Google data unless you are registered with your Google account at the time you use the "reCAPTCHA" plug-in. If you want to prevent this transmission and storage of data about you and your behavior on our website by "Google", you must log out of "Google" before you visit our site or use the reCAPTCHA plug-in.

The use of the "reCAPTCHA" service is carried out in accordance with the Google terms of use: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

This website uses the Google Maps product from Google LLC. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data by Google LLC, its representatives and third parties.

The terms of use of Google Maps can be found at "Terms of use of Google Maps " https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

1.7.6 Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics, which is offered by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how you use this website.

The information generated by such a cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address and the URLs of the web pages accessed and the attributes of the website) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We do not store any of your data collected in connection with Google Analytics.

Our website uses the IP anonymization option offered by Google Analytics. Your IP address is therefore shortened/anonymized by Google as soon as Google receives your IP address. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data by Google.

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics on this website via our "cookie management tool" (link "cookie settings" at the bottom of the page) (an opt-out cookie is set that prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website).

For more information on Google's terms of use and Google's privacy policy, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.at/intl/at/policies/.

We may use Google's remarketing or "similar target groups" function. This function enables us to target you with advertising on the websites by displaying personalized, interest-based advertising to users of the website when you visit other websites in the Google Display Network. Google uses cookies to analyze the use of the websites, which is the basis for the creation of interest-based advertisements. For this purpose, Google stores a small file with a sequence of numbers in the browsers of website users. This number is used to record visits to the website and anonymized data on the use of the website. No personal data of website users is stored. If you subsequently visit another website in the Google Display Network, you will be shown advertisements that are highly likely to take into account previously accessed product and information areas.
This function is only activated after you have consented to the use of cookies when you visit our website. You can control the setting at any time via our "Cookie management tool" (link "Cookie settings" at the bottom of the page).
Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further information on opting out mentioned there. Further information on Google Remarketing and Google's privacy policy can be found at: www.google.com/privacy/ads/

1.8 Newsletter

Our newsletter records opening and click behavior. Specifically, the following information is tracked: time of delivery, time of opening, duration of opening, IP address of opening, e-mail program used (mail client), which link was clicked and the time of the click.

This data is stored and processed solely for the purpose of sending recipients customized and relevant content. This data is processed exclusively within the European Union and is not passed on to third parties or merged with other data. The data will be stored until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.

2. international data transfers

Some of the recipients mentioned above may be located outside Austria or the EU or process your personal data there. The level of data protection in other countries may not be the same as in Austria. However, we only transfer your personal data to countries for which the EU Commission has decided that they have an adequate level of data protection or we take measures to ensure that all recipients have an adequate level of data protection. For example, we conclude standard contractual clauses (2010/87/EC and/or 2004/915/EC). The agreements concluded, if any, are available on request (see point 4 below).

3 Your rights in connection with personal data

Under applicable law, you are entitled (subject to the conditions of applicable law), among other things, to (i) verify whether and what personal data we hold about you and obtain copies of such data, (ii) request the rectification, completion or erasure of your personal data that is inaccurate or not processed in accordance with the law, (iii) request us to restrict the processing of your personal data, (iv) under certain circumstances, to object to the processing of your personal data or to withdraw any consent previously given for the processing, whereby such withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing until the withdrawal (v) to request data portability, (vi) to know the identity of third parties to whom your personal data is transferred and (vii) to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority.

4 Our contact details

If you have any questions or concerns about the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided in Annex 7.

Last updated on 18.05.2018.

Annex 1: Processed personal data of members, their employees and administrators

Members (including former members)

Membership number
Membership data (e.g. start of membership, assignment to specialist groups)
Member's name
Salutation/gender
Company name and name of the associated company
Job title
Nationality
Addresses
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing that results from modern communication technologies
Data from the trade register and other authorization data
Company data, in particular data disclosed pursuant to Section 70 (3) and Section 71 WKG
Company register data
Awards
Published insolvency data
Data relating to levies, registration fees and special services including calculation basis
Date of birth
Bank details
Reminder data
Data on chamber elections (e.g. cut-off dates, eligibility to vote, nomination, election proposals)
Data from communication with the member
Data for the administration of voluntary support payments by chamber members to members or their relatives (e.g. income situation, reasons for application, benefit data, bank details)
VAT number
Correspondence language
Data collected in connection with events, meetings and educational offers (e.g. lists of participants)
Minutes of negotiations and meetings as well as data in connection with collective bargaining negotiations
Data processed in connection with funding applications
Data relating to the calculation and payment of levies
Company ID
GLN of the public administration
Wkoe number
Chamber+member number
Internal IDs for technical purposes
Data for recording services to members (duration, feedback, specialist area)

Body administrator

name
Salutation/gender
Company name and name of the associated legal entity
Nationality
Address
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing that results from modern communication technologies
Data from the trade register and other authorization data
Data on insolvencies of the data subject as an entrepreneur to check whether the data subject may be appointed as a managing director
Date of birth
Management data (e.g. compliance with the requirements for exercise pursuant to sections 26-28 GewO, recognition pursuant to section 373a ff GewO, position in the company, date and scope of power of representation)
Awards
Correspondence language
Data from communication with the body administrator
Data collected in connection with events, meetings and educational offers (e.g. lists of participants)
Minutes of negotiations and meetings as well as data in connection with collective bargaining negotiations
Company ID
GLN of the public administration
Wkoe number
Chamber+member number
Internal IDs for technical purposes

Employees of members

Member's name
Salutation/gender
Company name of the associated company
Function and role in the member's organization
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing that results from modern communication techniques
Language of correspondence
Other data from communication with the employee
Company ID
GLN of the public administration
Wkoe number
Chamber+member number
Internal IDs for technical purposes

Annex 2: Processed personal data of officials and employees of business organizations

Officials (including former officials) of business organizations

Serial number
Membership data (e.g. membership number, membership start date, assignment to specialist groups)
Last name
Salutation/gender
Company name and name of the associated legal entity
Citizenship
Addresses
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing that results from modern communication technologies
Data from the trade register and other authorization data
Company data, in particular data disclosed in accordance with Section 70 (3) WKG
Company register data
Awards
Social security data, insofar as relevant to the capacity as a functionary
Data on loss of function pursuant to Section 53 WKG
Contribution data
Date of birth
Bank details
Reminder data
Data on the right to vote, in particular exclusion due to insolvency pursuant to Section 73 WKG
Data on contacts with the functionary
Function data
Career data (as functionary)
Expense allowances
Voter group affiliation
UID number
Language of correspondence
Data on participation in meetings and events (e.g. lists of participants)
Data on the examination and approval of the estimates and financial statements of the professional associations and their management
Minutes of negotiations and meetings as well as data in connection with collective bargaining agreements
CompanyID
GLN of the public administration
Wkoe number
Chamber+member number
Internal IDs for technical purposes
Photograph

Employees of organizations of the commercial economy

Employee name
Salutation/gender
Name of the associated organization of the commercial economy
Function and role in the business organization
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing that results from modern communication technologies
Correspondence language
Other data from communication with the employee
Internal IDs for technical purposes
Photograph

Annex 3: Processed personal data of apprentices and persons taking master craftsman or qualification examinations

Name
Salutation/gender
Address
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing purposes resulting from modern communication technologies
Social security data (only if there is a legal obligation to process this, e.g. for billing purposes with a social security institution)
Date and place of birth
Occupation data (e.g. apprentice number, master craftsman trade)
Boarding school fees (for apprentices)
Training data (e.g. apprenticeship contract data, examination data, schools completed, etc.)
Data on the legal representative (e.g. name, address, contact details, etc.)
Apprenticeship company data (for apprentices)
Apprenticeship offer (for apprentices)
Student, pupil and training grants

Annex 4: Processed personal data of founders, interested parties and journalists

Founders and interested parties

Serial number
Founder's name
Salutation/gender
Occupation
Citizenship
Addresses
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing purposes that is obtained through modern communication technologies
Awards and honors
date of birth
bank details
Reminder data
Data from communication with the founder or interested party
Correspondence language
Data processed in connection with funding applications
Data collected in connection with events, meetings and educational offers (e.g. participant lists and meeting minutes)
Internal IDs for technical purposes
Support data (e.g. newsletter yes/no)
Data from video recordings, insofar as the person concerned is on the premises of the WKO
Data on course participation, if applicable (e.g. examination data, training data)
Photographs taken in the course of events

Journalists

name
Salutation/gender
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing purposes resulting from modern communication technologies
Affiliation to medium
Correspondence and other communication data (e.g. invitations, acceptance/rejection of participation)
Correspondence language
Notes on participation in events and press conferences
Data published by the journalist
Internal IDs for technical purposes
Data from video recordings, insofar as the person concerned is on the premises of the WKO
Photographs taken in the course of events

Annex 5: Processed personal data of service providers and recipients, their employees and administrators

Service providers and recipients

Serial number
Name or designation
Salutation/gender
Affiliation to the Chamber of Commerce
Membership number (if you are a member of the Chamber of Commerce)
Address
Telephone and fax number and other information required for addressing purposes resulting from modern communication technologies (e.g. e-mail address)
Date of birth
Company register data
Data on creditworthiness
Blocking indicators (e.g. contact block, invoice block, booking block, payment block)
Assignment to a specific service recipient or provider category (including regional assignment, etc.)
Identification numbers for the purposes of official statistics such as UID number and Intrastat identification number
Subject of the delivery or accomplishments / performances
Qualification of service providers (e.g. pedagogical experience of trainers who hold courses)
References/other clients
Bonus, commission data and the like
Contact person at the service recipient or service provider for processing the delivery or service
Third parties involved in the provision of the service, including information on the nature of their involvement
Delivery and service conditions
Data on the insurance of the delivery or accomplishments / performances and their financing
Data on tax liability and tax calculation
Financing and payment terms
Bank details
Credit card numbers and companies
Credit management data (e.g. credit limit, bill of exchange limit)
Data on the payment history of the data subject
Dunning data/complaint data
Account and document data
Service-specific expenses and income
Special G/L transactions (e.g. individual value adjustment, bill of exchange receivable, advance payment, bank guarantee)
Service entry data required for billing to service recipients
Correspondence languages, other agreements and keys for data exchange
Other data from communication with the service recipient or provider

Employees and directors

Serial number
Employee name
Salutation/gender
Associated service recipient or provider
Function of the person concerned at the service recipient or provider
Telephone and fax number and other information required for addressing that results from modern communication technologies (e.g. e-mail address)
Language of correspondence
Scope of the power of representation
Business cases processed by the employee/officer
Other data from communication with the employee/officer

Annex 6: Processed personal data of political decision-makers and stakeholders

Serial number
Name and
Salutation/gender
Telephone and fax number, e-mail address and other information required for addressing that results from modern communication technologies
Function exercised
Political affiliation/party
Organizational affiliation
Participation in events
Minutes of conversations
Other data from communication with the data subject
Information on participation in political decisions and political processes
Information on participation in the creation of labor law standards of collective legal design
Data published by the data subject themselves (e.g. interviews)
Internal IDs for technical purposes

Annex 7: List of organizations in the commercial sector

To the contact list including the responsible data protection officer