Data Protection
Data Protection Information pursuant to Article 13 GDPR
1. Applicants and beneficiaries of EU-Funding
Please note that the data you have provided to us are processed for the following purposes and on the following legal basis:
Purpose: Implementation, documentation and provision of information on EU-funding handled by Municipal Department MA 27 – European Affairs.
Legal basis:
For the structural fund period 2014-2020:
- Article 57 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 Article 6 of the Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013
- Article 115 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013
- Article 122 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013 in conjunction with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No. 1011/2014
- Article 125 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013 in conjunction with Article 23 (4) of Regulation (EU) No. 1299/2013
- Article 54, 55, 56 and 57 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013
- Agreement between the Federation and the federal states pursuant to Article 15a Federal Constitutional Act (B-VG) on administrative and control systems in Austria to implement the operational programmes within the framework of the goal “Investments in growth and employment“ and the goal “European territorial cooperation“ for the period 2014 – 2020, Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No. 76/2017 of 22 June 2017
- Contractual agreements with project beneficiaries
- Article 6 (1) letter a, f of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679
For the structural fund period 2021-2027:
Article 57 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046
Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060
Article 40 in conjunction with Article 75 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060
Article 44 and 45 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060
Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060
Article 72 to 76 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060
Agreement between the Federation and the federal states pursuant to Article 15a Federal Constitutional Act (B-VG) on administrative and control systems in Austria to implement the operational programmes within the framework of the goal “Investments in employment g and growth within the Member States and regions “ and the goal “European territorial cooperation (Interreg)“ for the period 2021 – 2027, Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No. 143/2022 of 03 August 2022
Contractual agreements with project beneficiaries
Article 6 (1) letter a, f of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679
For this purpose, the personal data are transmitted to the following recipients:
- European Commission
- Auditing bodies of the European Union and the City of Vienna
- Control bodies of the funding bodies and/or private-sector control bodies commissioned by these bodies
- Evaluators as processors appointed by the respective programme authority and/or the European Commission
- Members of the respective programme monitoring committees
- European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF)
- Other EU funded programmes in order to implement tasks linked to European anti-corruption policy and to make such data available to bodies and authorities for evaluation and monitoring purposes
Data are not transmitted to third countries (countries which are not members of the European Union).
Notes: In compliance with the legal requirements of the Regulations (EU) No. 1303/2013 for the structural fund period 2014-2020 and (EU) No. 2021/1060 for the structural fund period 2021-2027, your personal data relating to EU-funded projects in the structural fund period 2014-2020 respectively 2021-2027 are deleted after the statutory retention period.
You have a right to information concerning your own personal data, as well as a right to rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, or to lodge a complaint against processing.
Moreover, we draw your attention to the fact that - should you revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data until the end of the statutory retention period for the purpose of expenditure control - you will be denied the related funding. If you believe that your rights are not observed, or not fully observed, you may file a complaint with the data protection authority.
The provision of personal data is a legal requirement, if you are thereby claiming the disbursement of funds. Providing personal data is required for the conclusion of a contract. Failure to provide the data would lead to:
A refusal to grant contractual consent to the use of personal data and to obtaining such consent from all persons involved in the granted project for the purpose of verifying eligibility for funding would at any rate lead to the funding of personnel costs being denied. Dependent on the project structure, this may even include a revocation (cancellation) of the funding commitment.
2. Newsletter
By subscribing to our newsletter the personal data you are providing are processed for the following purposes and on the following legal basis:
- Purpose: providing information you have agreed to receive
- Legal basis: consent given by you
The personal data are not transmitted to third parties.
Personal data processed for the purpose mentioned above, will be secured until unsubscribing to our newsletter.
You have a right to information concerning your own personal data, as well as a right to rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, or to lodge a complaint against processing. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a letter to the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, Kirchberggasee 33-35/11, A-1070 Vienna or an e-mail to info(at)interreg-central.eu, without affecting the lawfulness of processing executed due to the consent until revocation. In this case your images and recordings will not be used in future publications but may continue to appear in publications already in circulation.
If you believe that your rights are not observed, or not fully observed, you may file a complaint with the data protection authority.
3. Photos, Video and Audio Recordings
The Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme organises events and seminars. In the scope of the consent given by you, photos can be taken and video and audio recordings made. Please note that these data are processed for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:
- Purpose: documentation, information and/or communication of EU-funded projects and their implementation
- Legal basis: consent given by you
For this purpose, these photos, video and audio recordings may be published in the following media: Print and digital media, including social media and websites.
Notes: The material used on websites and social media can be viewed throughout the world and not just in the European Union and that some overseas countries may not provide the same level of protection to the rights of individuals as EU legislation provides
Some images or recordings may be kept permanently once they are published and be kept as an archive of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme. The Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme has the obligation to keep its archive until the end of the statutory retention period.
You have a right to information concerning your own personal data, as well as a right to rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, or to lodge a complaint against processing.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a letter to the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, Kirchberggasee 33-35/11, A-1070 Vienna or an e-mail to info(at)interreg-central.eu, without affecting the lawfulness of processing executed due to the consent until revocation. In this case your images and recordings will not be used in future publications but may continue to appear in publications already in circulation.
If you believe that your rights are not observed, or not fully observed, you may lodge a complaint with the data protection authority.
4. Public awarding and contracts with service providers
Please note that the data you have provided to us are processed for the following purposes and on the following legal basis:
- Purpose: Public awarding and contracts with service providers relating to the management of the Interreg CENTRAL EURROPE Programme handled by Municipal Department MA 27 –European Affairs
- Legal basis:
For the structural fund period 2014-2020:
Article 6 of the Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013
Article 115 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013
Article 122 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013 in conjunction with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No. 1011/2014
Article 125 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013 in conjunction with Article 23 (4) of Regulation (EU) No. 1299/2013
Agreement between the Federation and the federal states pursuant to Article 15a Federal Constitutional Act (B-VG) on administrative and control systems in Austria to implement the operational programmes within the framework of the goal “Investments in growth and employment“ and the goal “European territorial cooperation“ for the period 2014 – 2020, Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No. 76/2017 of 22 June 2017
Article 6 (1) letter a, f of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679
Article 57 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046
Federal Procurement Act 2018, Federal Law Gazette No 65/2018 (Bundesvergabegesetz 2018 - BVergG 2018, BGBl. I Nr.65/2018)
Contractural agreements with service providers
For the structural fund period 2021-2027
Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060
Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060
Article 44 and 45 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060 Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060
Article 72 to 76 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1060
Article 57 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046
Agreement between the Federation and the federal states pursuant to Article 15a Federal Constitutional Act (B-VG) on administrative and control systems in Austria to implement the operational programmes within the framework of the goal “Investments in employment g and growth within the Member States and regions “ and the goal “European territorial cooperation (Interreg)“ for the period 2021 – 2027, Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No.143/2022 of 03 August 2022
Article 6 (1) letter a, f of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679
Federal Procurement Act 2018, Federal Law Gazette No 65/2018 (Bundesvergabegesetz 2018 - BVergG 2018, BGBl. I Nr.65/2018)
Contractural agreements with service providers
During contracting the following registers can be consulted:
ANKÖ – Auftragnehmerkataster
For this purpose the personal data are transmitted to the following recipients:
- European Commission
- Auditing bodies of the European Union and the City of Vienna
- Control bodies of the funding bodies and/or private-sector control bodies commissioned by these bodies
- Evaluators as processors appointed by the respective programme authority and/or the European Commission
- Members of the respective programme monitoring committees
- European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF)
- Other EU funded programmes in order to implement tasks linked to European anti-corruption policy and to make such data available to bodies and authorities for evaluation and monitoring purposes
Data are not transmitted to third countries (countries which are not members of the European Union).
Notes: In compliance with the legal requirements of the Regulations (EU) No. 1303/2013 for the structural fund period 2014-2020 and (EU) No. 2021/1060 for the structural fund period 2021-2027, your personal data relating to EU-funded projects in the structural fund period 2014-2020 respectively 2021-2027 are deleted after the statutory retention period.
You have a right to information concerning your own personal data, as well as a right to rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, or to lodge a complaint against processing.
If you believe that your rights are not observed, or not fully observed, you may lodge a complaint with the data protection authority.
Providing personal data of contact persons and/or persons in charge is required for the conclusion of a contract.
5. Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Community
The Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE programme is running a matchmaking platform. Information on data protection according to GDPR is provided here.
6. Cookies/Google Analytics
To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How to control cookies
You can control, consent and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc, (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, («Google»). Google Analytics uses «cookies», which are text files placed on your computer, to help us to analyze how you use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
However, our website uses the possibility of IP-anonymization offered by Google Analytics. Your IP-address will therefore be shortened/anonymized by Google, as soon as Google receives it. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Furthermore, you can prevent the compilation of data (including your IP address) through cookies and website use by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available through the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
7. More information:
- Responsibility for processing:
- Vienna City Administration, Municipal Department MA 27 – European Affairs
- Email: post(at)ma27.wien.gv.at, phone: +43 (0)1 4000 27004
If you have any questions on data protection, please contact the data protection officer of the City of Vienna by e-mail: datenschutzbeauftragter(at)wien.gv.at.
Information is available also on the Internet at wien.gv.at.
