Privacy policy

As the controller under data protection law, we

EUROLAWYER ®
Attorney-at-Law Dr. Clemens Thiele, LL.M. (Tax)
Imbergstraße 19/Top 3
5020 Salzburg
Telephone: +43 662 628037
E-mail: office@eurolawyer.at

care about your privacy and take the protection of personal data very seriously. Thus, we only process your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations (in particular GDPR, DSG, TKG 2021, RAO).
If you have any questions regarding data protection law, please contact our data protection officer at datenschutz@eurolawyer.at

Website

When you visit our website, the personal data that your browser transmits to our servers and that is technically necessary to display the website to you and to ensure its stability and security is collected. This supports the traceability of errors and sustainable troubleshooting. In addition, this serves to prevent and remedy illegal use of the website content and to improve the quality of the website. The IP address is only analyzed in the event of attacks on our network infrastructure. The data is automatically deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes, but at the latest after 30 days. The following data is recorded: IP address of the requesting computer; date and time of access; name and URL of the retrieved data; amount of data transferred; notification of whether the retrieval was successful; identification data of the browser and operating system used; website from which the access is made; name of your Internet access provider.
This purpose also constitutes our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Section 165(3) TKG 2021 in order to display the website to website users and to ensure its stability and security. No statistical analysis takes place.

Contacting and data processing of clients

When you contact us, the data you provide will be processed for the purpose of handling your inquiry. We therefore process your personal data either to carry out pre-contractual measures or to fulfill our contractual obligations (Art 6 para 1 lit b GDPR) within the framework of the client relationship and to fulfill our legal and professional obligations (Art 6 para 1 lit c GDPR) in order to carry out and process the legal services. Without your personal data, we cannot process your inquiry or request or enter into a client relationship with you. The data collected in this context will be deleted once the purpose for which it was processed no longer applies, unless there is an additional reason for storage in the form of a contractual relationship (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR), legal obligations (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR) or overriding legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
In order to carry out and process legal services, it may be necessary on a case-by-case basis for your data to be transferred to external payroll accounting, the Bar Association (to fulfill our legal and professional obligations, e.g. fiduciary mandates), cooperation partners (lawyers, auditors), other clients, courts, authorities, opponents, experts, insurance companies, insofar as this is necessary in the context of processing business cases. In individual cases, personal data may be transferred to a third country or international organization if this is necessary for processing the business cases. You will be informed separately of any transfer to other recipients or to a third country or international organization.
In individual cases, we also obtain your personal data from public registers (e.g. company register, land register, register of associations) insofar as this is necessary for the processing of business transactions.

Job applications

We process the personal data you provide to carry out the application process in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (initiation or execution of contractual relationships) or to fulfill our legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). In addition, we may keep your applicant data evident if you have given your express consent to this. If you have not given your consent to keep your application on file, we will delete your personal data seven months after receipt of your application. Without your personal data, we will not be able to process your application.

Direct advertising/newsletter

If you have provided us with your e-mail address in the context of using our services, we reserve the right to send you regular information and information on (current) case law by e-mail. In this respect, data processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit f GDPR in conjunction with § 174 TKG 2021. If you have initially expressly objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you any e-mails. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by sending us a message. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.
You also have the option of subscribing to our free newsletter via our website. For this we need your e-mail address and your declaration that you agree to receive the newsletter (Art. 6 para. 1 lit a GDPR in conjunction with § 174 TKG 2021). You can revoke your consent at any time (via website unsubscribe or by e-mail to office@eurolawyer.at). However, the lawfulness of processing based on consent remains unaffected until consent is withdrawn. As soon as the subscription to the newsletter is no longer active, your e-mail address will be deleted.

Events and seminars

In order to process your registration, organize and conduct events/seminars, provide relevant information and documents as well as communication and billing, we process the personal data provided by you (usually name, company, contact details and event-related data) in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit b GDPR. Without the provision of your personal data, it is not possible to process your registration or participate in the event. We generally delete personal data three years after the event date.
In addition, we process your contact data within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with § 174 para. 4 TKG 2021 in order to send you information about similar events/seminars. You can object to this data processing at any time in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.

Video conferences

In the course of video conferences, we process your personal data, in particular name, e-mail address, IP address, technical log data and communication data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and lit. f GDPR. When activating the video or audio function, we process your image and sound data. If you do not wish this, please deactivate these functions. Data is not transferred to third parties or recorded. If recording is necessary, you will be informed separately.

Whistleblower service

You have the opportunity at any time to report your concerns or information about possible irregularities, abuses or violations under the HSchG within our law firm confidentially at office@eurolawyer.at. To make a report, it is necessary to describe your concern and the legal violation as well as to name any persons affected or involved.
Of course, you have the option of submitting your report anonymously by not providing any personal information that would allow you to be identified. If you do not wish to disclose your name, it is essential that you provide an e-mail address that does not allow any direct conclusions to be drawn about your identity. All reports will be treated confidentially. 
Please only submit reports that you are sure are true. You will receive feedback on the content within three months.
As part of the receipt, investigation and clarification of serious suspected cases of rule violations and the taking of any follow-up measures, we process the personal data you provide, in particular your name, e-mail address, address, telephone number, e-mail address, protocol data, relationship to the law firm and the information on the relevant facts in accordance with Art 6 para 1 lit c, lit f and Art 9 para 2 lit g GDPR in conjunction with § 8 para 3 HSchG.
Your personal data will only be transferred to third parties (courts, administrative authorities or lawyers or the Bar Association) if there are grounds to do so, in particular if it is necessary to take further legal action (initiation of criminal proceedings, disciplinary proceedings). 
Occasionally, personal data may be transferred to a third country or international organization if this is necessary to process the suspected cases. You will be informed of this separately if the occasion arises.

Storage period in detail

In principle, we do not store your personal data for longer than is necessary for the respective processing purposes. Your data will be stored for a period of seven years in order to comply with retention obligations under company, VAT and tax law. We are required by law to retain files and documentation for up to 30 years after termination of the mandate in accordance with the Lawyers' Act. As a rule, we delete personal data collected as part of the whistleblower service five years (log data: three years) after the last processing or transmission. 

Rights of data subjects

You have the right to information, correction, deletion or restriction of the processing of your stored data, a right to object to the processing and a right to data portability in accordance with the requirements of data protection law (Art 15-22 GDPR).
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority (dsb@dsb.gv.at) if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully.

If you have any further questions about the processing of your data, you are welcome to contact us directly by email at office@eurolawyer.at or by post.

(as of May 2025)