Note which company may have shared your information.
Step by step: This is how you proceed
- Request information about data, sources and recipients.
- Ask about the purposes and categories of the submission.
- Check which recipients and times appear in the response.
- Make further inquiries to identified data processors if necessary.
What documents do you need?
Known business relationships, advertising contacts, written information about disclosures. Only send sensitive documents via a secure, official channel and only when actually necessary.
When should I act?
Recipient information can be requested directly in a first Art. 15 request.
This limit is important
Do not claim that every data transfer is unlawful or can be completely reversed afterwards.
Free help outside DATENCHECK
The Austrian Data Protection Authority provides information on rights, free request templates and complaints. DATENCHECK is not affiliated with it.
Check the official body and eligibility ↗Check the applicable remit and eligibility criteria. A GDPR request does not automatically suspend court or other important deadlines.
What can I do myself for free?
The statutory information and other rights of those affected can generally be exercised without DATA CHECK. The Austrian data protection authority offers samples that can be used free of charge. Private technical form preparation is only a voluntary additional service, not a prerequisite for exercising your rights.
According to the recommendation of the Austrian data protection authority, you should first request information and, if necessary, only then separately request correction or deletion. In principle, a request for information must be responded to within one month; a legally permissible extension is possible.
Frequent question
Can I find out who my data has been sent to?
Art. 15 GDPR basically includes information about recipients or categories of recipients, with the applicable limits.
Public sources and official contact points
The following links lead directly to public sources. DATENCHECK is neither affiliated with the credit agencies mentioned there nor is it an authority.
- Austrian data protection authority – rights of those affected
- Data Protection Authority – free forms and samples
Prepare appropriate request
You can use the free official channels yourself or prepare a technical draft form in DATENCHECK. We do not guarantee deletion, credit decision or government decision.
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