Data Privacy

The Federal Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection takes the protection of personal data very seriously. We want you to know what data we store, when we store it, and how we use it. This information provides a general overview of the responsible way in which we handle your data.

The offices and persons responsible for data protection

The processing of your personal data is the responsibility of the Federal Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection.

Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna

E-mail: post@sozialministerium.gv.at

Data protection officers:
Patrick Rasztovics, Katja Köhler-Kilic

Personal data

We process data which you have given us or which we have received from third parties on a legal basis (EU law or a national provision), or when we have legally obtained your consent to do so. Personal data is all information, which relates to a specific person. For special categories of personal data (so-called sensitive data), there is an increased level of protection.

The legal basis for the processing and storage of your data

The legal basis for the storage of your data can be found in Art. 6 para. 1 of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), depending on whether:

• you have consented to the processing your data (Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2(a) GDPR; for example when subscribing to the newsletter);
• the processing is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract or of pre-contract obligations (Art. 6 para.1(b) GDPR, for example when concluding a service contract);
• when the processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation (Art. 6 para.1(c) GDPR);
• or when the processing is necessary in order to carry out a task which is in the public interest or forms part of the exercise of official authority which has been entrusted to us (Art. 6 para.1(e) GDPR).

You can revoke your consent at any time.

Special categories of personal data (so-called sensitive data) and data about convictions under criminal law are only processed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Art. 9f of the GDPR.

In accordance with Art. 6 paras. 3 and 4 of the GDPR, the relevant national laws can contain more specific provisions with regard to processing, which then takes place according to Art. 6 para. 1(c and e), in order to make the requirements for processing or other measures more precise in order to guarantee processing which is lawful and in good faith.

Your data is only stored for as long as is necessary in order to fulfil the purpose for which it is required. Subsequently it is deleted, or at least the reference to you is eliminated (anonymisation), unless any legal retention, documentation or limitation periods need to be observed.

It may be legally or contractually specified that you have to provide your details (for example, certain data such as names and addresses are usually required to fulfil a contract).

Who receives your data (recipient)?

Within the Ministry, your data will be received by those departments and employees who need it to fulfill contractual, legal and other obligations. Furthermore, your data will be passed on to the processors commissioned by us („Volkshilfe Wien gemeinnützige Betriebs-GmbH“ and the association „Housing First Österreich – Wohnungslosigkeit jetzt beenden“) or to subcontractors („Mailjet GmbH“ in case of voluntary registration for the newsletter), who are obliged to treat the data confidentially and only process this data within the scope of the contractually agreed service. Statutory provisions may provide for the transfer of data to other public bodies.

In principle, your data will only be passed on if you have consented to the transfer or if this is done based on legal provisions.

What rights do you have?

You have rights based on the GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG); including the right to access, erasure, rectification, restriction of processing, objection, and data portability. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

You have rights based on the GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG); in other words, you have a principal right to information and to the deletion of your data, to the limitation of the processing of the data, a right to object, and a right to data portability. Consent which you have already granted can be revoked at any time.

Individual rights can be limited in accordance with Art. 23 of the GDPR. The assertion of these rights by those affected is partially opposed by legal provisions, such as retention, documentation or limitation periods (there is not always a right to the deletion of data, namely when statutory retention periods have priority over the right to deletion).

According to Section 24 of the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG) you have the right to complain to the Austrian data protection authority (dsb@dsb.gv.at; Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna), if you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR or Section 1 or Sections 7-13 of the DSG.

The data protection officers of the Ministry of Social Affairs are Patrick Rasztovics (Health Division) and Katja Köhler-Kilic (Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, vorname.nachname@sozialministerium.gv.at).

Data security

Ensuring a high level of data security is a declared goal, which we achieve by implementing technical and organizational measures.

Confidentiality is the central benchmark for ensuring the integrity, availability and resilience of systems and services in connection with processing in the long term.

Encryption systems, access and access controls and other measures in the area of IT infrastructure serve to achieve a high level of protection.

E-mails

E-mails received by us are processed by the relevant organizational unit in accordance with the statutory provisions, depending on the content and subject matter of the request expressed therein.

Website

You can use our online services without disclosing your identity.

We only use your personal information within the ministry. We do not pass on any personal data to third parties without your express consent.

Map

This website uses map material from basemap.at. The media owner and publisher are the City of Vienna and the Austrian provinces and provincial government offices. Personal data within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation is neither collected, processed nor displayed on basemap.at.

Statistics

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