Home/Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This statement describes how Larix Engineering GmbH, Wipplingerstraße 23/3, 1010 Vienna, managing directors Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Holzer, DI Matthias Kendlbacher, David Stuckey, MSc, processes your personal data. The statement is addressed to clients, contractors, customers, clients and cooperation partners as well as their respective shareholders, corporate bodies and other employees. 

1. Purposes of Data Processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • to establish, manage, and handle the business relationship; 
  • for internal organisation; 
  • and where specifically appointed, to act as a representative for the client in all legally stipulated matters. 

If we collect your personal data directly from you, providing your data is generally voluntary.1 However, we may not be able to fulfill the order in full or at all if you do not provide your personal data. 

2. Legal Bases for Processing

We process your personal data because it is necessary to fulfill the contract we have entered into with you (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDRP). In addition, we process your personal data based on the overriding legitimate interest of achieving the purposes mentioned in point 1 (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDRP) and on the legal basis of the WTBG 2017 (Art. 9 Abs. 2 lit. g GDRP). 

3. Transfer of Your Personal Data

To the extent that it is strictly necessary for the purposes outlined in point 1, we transfer your personal data to the following recipients: 

  • IT service providers employed by me,
  • Administrative authorities, courts, and public entities,
  • Clients, contractors, customers, and cooperation partners, if it concerns data of shareholders, officers, or other employees of the respective client, contractor, customer, or cooperation partner,
  • Cooperation partners and legal representatives working on our behalf,
  • Other recipients specified by the client,
  • Creditors of the service provider as well as others involved in potential legal actions, including voluntary wage assignments for outstanding claims,
  • Bodies representing business and statutory interests,
  • Debt collection agencies for the recovery of debts,
  • Banks on behalf of the client. 

4. Retention Period

We generally retain your personal data until the end of the business relationship within which we collected your data or until the expiration of applicable legal limitation and retention periods. Furthermore, we retain your data until the conclusion of any legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence.2

5. Your Rights Regarding Personal Data 

You have the right to (i) check whether and which personal data we process about you and receive copies of this data, (ii) request the correction, supplementation, or deletion of your personal data if it is incorrect or unlawfully processed, (iii) request the restriction of processing of your personal data, (iv) under certain circumstances, object to the processing of your personal data or withdraw consent previously given for processing, noting that the withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal, (v) request data portability if you are my client, contractor, customer, or cooperation partner, (vi) know the identity of third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, and (vii) lodge a complaint with the data protection authority. 

6. Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this statement or would like to submit a request, please contact: 
Peter Holzer3
Wipplingerstraße 23/3 1010 Wien
mail@larix-engineering.at

 

 

Annotations

 

1 Annotation: On our website, http://www.larix-engineering.at/, we only use your personal data with your explicit consent and after providing our privacy policy webpage. Our website does not have a shopping function.

2 Annotation: Data Deletion Guidelines

Accounting and Tax Law:

  • Tax law retention obligation according to § 132 Abs 1 BAO: 7 years (beyond that, as long as relevant to ongoing tax proceedings)
  • Company law retention obligation according to §§ 190, 212 UGB: 7 years
  • VAT retention obligations according to § 18 Abs 10 UStG (special provisions for properties): 22 years 
  • VAT retention obligation according to § 18 Abs 2, third paragraph: 7 years

Contract Law:

  • Warranty claims according to § 933 ABGB: 2 years (movable items), 3 years (immovable items)
  • Claims for the purchase price of movable items according to § 1062 in conjunction with § 1486 ABGB: 3 years
  • Claims for the purchase price of immovable items (e contrario § 1486 ABGB): 30 years
  • Claims for rent and lease payments according to § 1486 ABGB: 3 years
  • Claims from a service contract according to § 1486 ABGB (if performed as part of a commercial or business operation): 3 years
  • General damage compensation according to § 1489 ABGB (compensation claims): 3 years (if the damage and the injuring party are known) / otherwise 30 years (particularly includes work accidents)
  • Liability claims according to § 13 PHG: 10 years

3 Annotation: Since Larix Engineering GmbH’s core activity does not involve processing operations that require extensive regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects (e.g., banks, insurance companies, credit agencies, or private detectives), and does not involve extensive processing of sensitive data or data about criminal convictions or offenses (e.g., hospitals), Larix Engineering GmbH does not have a data protection officer.