Secure suspicious letters and contact the affected companies if there is an acute financial risk.
Step by step: This is how you proceed
- Check which specific contracts or records are in dispute.
- Request data protection information from the person responsible.
- If necessary, dispute third-party claims using designated channels and seek professional help.
- Have proven personal misattributions corrected.
What documents do you need?
Unknown invoices, contract numbers, your own identity data and security documents. Only send sensitive documents via a secure, official channel and only when actually necessary.
When should I act?
If fraud is possible, act immediately; Data protection rights complement protection, but do not replace it.
This limit is important
A pure GDPR request does not replace notification, compliance with deadlines or defense of a claim.
Free help outside DATENCHECK
Independent mediation may help with some consumer disputes. For data protection matters, the Austrian Data Protection Authority is the official contact.
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 information prove who committed the abuse?
It can reveal stored data and sources, but does not necessarily lead to the identity of a perpetrator.
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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