Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data and privacy is important to rk partners rechtsanwaelte GmbH (hereinafter referred to as rk partners /us). Therefore, we inform you below about how we process your personal data, to whom we transfer it and what rights you have.

We process your personal data in accordance with data protection regulations (DSGVO and the Data Protection Act (DSG) as amended).
Therefore, please read the following information carefully.

1. Who is responsible for data processing?

rk partners rechtsanwaelte GmbH
FN 605530 k, Commercial Court Vienna,
1030 Vienna, Am Heumarkt 7/1/26
e-mail: office@rkpartners.at
phone +43 1 934 634 30

2. For which purposes is your data processed?

2.1 Inquiries via the contact form

On our website you have the possibility to send us a message via our contact form. Your message will be transmitted via our form to our SMTP server, which will then deliver your message to us. We use the information you send to us only to process your request. We do not share this information with third parties. The transmitted data will be deleted after 6 months.

2.2 Anonymized tracking

We have optimized our website so that no cookies are set. For this reason, you will not find any annoying cookie query on our site. However, we do use the free software Matomo to collect visitor statistics. Your visit to our website is tracked anonymously. In detail, the last two bytes of your IP address are anonymized, so it is not possible to establish a connection between the collected usage data and your person.

3. where and how long is your data stored?

Our website is operated in a data center of netcup GmbH in Vienna. Access to the servers is ensured by means of video surveillance and access controls. You can find more information about this directly at netcup.

Our web server records accesses to our website and stores them for 72 hours for evaluation of technical problems and cyber attacks. After the 72 hours, your IP address including the information about your visit is automatically deleted. The log files collected by the web server are not statistically analyzed or further processed.

4. who receives your data?

4.1 Only those offices or employees receive your data who need them for the purposes of processing. In addition, our commissioned processors (IT service providers, print service providers, marketing, etc.) also receive your data if they need it to fulfill their respective services. All processors are carefully selected and take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that your data is processed in accordance with data protection obligations and that your rights are protected. In particular, the processor is not permitted to use your personal data for its own purposes.

4.2 With regard to the transfer of data to other third parties, we point out that such a transfer can only take place on the basis of a valid legal basis and a defined purpose.

5. what rights do you have?

In principle, you are entitled to the rights of information, correction, deletion, restriction, data portability and objection. To do so, please contact us.

5.1 Right to information: You can request confirmation from us as to whether personal data relating to you is being processed. If this is the case, you have the right to information about this personal data and the information referred to in Article 15(1) of the GDPR (such as the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data).

5.2 Right to rectification: You have the right to request that we rectify your inaccurate personal data without undue delay.

5.3 Right to erasure: right to erasure of your personal data, for example,

(a) if the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed; or

(b) processed unlawfully; or

(c) in the case of processing based on a declaration of consent, if you withdraw your consent.

However, the right to erasure does not apply if the exceptions set out in Art. 17(3) DSGVO are applicable, for example if the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under EU or Austrian law (e.g. legal obligations to preserve records) or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

5.4 Restriction of processing: You have a right to restrict processing if.

(a) the accuracy of the personal data is disputed by you, for a period of time that allows us to verify the accuracy of the personal data,

(b) the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of the use of the personal data instead;

(c) we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need the data for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims; or

(d) you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) DSGVO (see below), as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate reasons outweigh yours.

5.5 Right to object: Pursuant to Art. 21(1) and (2) DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data if the processing of personal data is

(a) is carried out to protect our legitimate interests. Data processing by us will not take place if there is an overriding interest in protection on your part.

(b) is carried out for the purpose of direct advertising. You may object to this at any time without giving reasons.

5.6 Right to data portability: You may request that the data you have provided to us be made available in a structured, common and machine-readable format, provided that we process this data on the basis of a consent given by you, which may be revoked, or for the performance of a contract with us, and this processing is carried out with the aid of automated processes. You have the right to transfer this data to another controller. If technically feasible, you have the right to direct transfer from one controller to another.

6. responsible complaints office

Although we make every effort to protect your data, disagreements about the way your data is used cannot be entirely ruled out. If you believe that we are using your data in a way that is not permitted, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority. However, we hope that you will contact us as a first step and that we can resolve any concerns you may have.