Pletzer Whistleblower Channel Austria
As an employee or supplier, you can report serious matters anonymously or if you have reasonable suspicion of such matters.
Anonymous reporting of serious matters
Through this page, you can submit information about reprehensible matters or report actions that are unethical, illegal or in violation of internal policies. The scheme is to be used to bring matters to light that would not otherwise have come to light. It can be reported confidentially with indication of name and contact information or, if desired, 100% anonymously. All inquiries are treated confidentially and securely.
HR related matters:
HR related matters cannot be reported in this system, but must instead be discussed with the immediate manager, director or HR.
General Directions:
From this page you are able to make a new secure report or follow up on an existing report. Following up on your reports can be relevant for numerous reasons:
- You wish to see the status of your report, to check if action is being taken.
- You wish to provide additional information to your report.
- The system administrators has requested additional information from you to help them resolve the issue or take the appropriate action.
Privacy Notice
The Pletzer Group is obliged under Section 3(1) of the HSchG to operate a whistleblower portal as the controller.
As an employee of the Pletzer Group, applicant, self-employed service provider, member of administrative, management or supervisory bodies, or as an employee of suppliers and subcontractors, you have the opportunity to report legal violations that you observe within the company via the whistleblower portal.
The IP address and technical telemetry data of the browser on your device are anonymised immediately after transmission and therefore no longer contain any personal reference.
You have the option to submit a report anonymously. In this case, no personal data relating to you will be processed. Should you decide to submit a confidential report, your name and optional telephone number and email address will be stored and reported to the internal reporting office, which will handle your case confidentially and will not disclose your data within the company. You have the option to submit a report orally by recording an audio file, which will be uploaded to our servers. You also have the option to upload documents, which will be attached to the case. These documents may contain personal data.
Data relating to reports received will be retained for a period of five years from the last data transmission, unless a longer retention period is required following the initiation of investigative proceedings. Information will be disclosed to legal advisers appointed by us who are subject to professional confidentiality obligations and, where applicable, to authorities for the purpose of investigating and initiating proceedings. Information will also be disclosed to technical service providers who support us in providing the whistleblower system. However, these service providers may not use the data for their own purposes and are bound by additional agreements to comply with the strict provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and the associated high security standards. No data will be transferred to countries outside the European Union or to international organisations.
For the processing of reports pursuant to the Whistleblower Protection Act, the otherwise existing rights of data subjects are restricted by law. This applies in particular to the right of access, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to information, the right to restriction of processing, the right to object, and the right to notification of a personal data breach.