Data Collection

1. Obligation to Inform According to GDPR Article 13

The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. Therefore, we process your data exclusively on the basis of the relevant legal provisions such as the GDPR and the applicable national data protection regulations, especially those of the DSG and TKG 2003. In this privacy statement, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within our network of connected and automated test vehicles.

Contact us: 
DigiTrans GmbH
Böhmerwaldstraße 16
4020 Linz, Austria
Tel.: +43 732 6046 59

You can reach us at the aforementioned company address and by email at datenschutz@digitrans.expert.

2. Data Collection in Connection with Automated and Connected Test Vehicles

2.1 Research Project Automated Test Vehicle Digitrans eVAN

As part of the research project EVAN – funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (“FFG”) in the 18th Mobility of the Future call – DigiTrans GmbH aims to deploy a highly automated (autonomously driving) vehicle on Austria’s roads. This allows for the development of one of the most advanced research and test vehicles for automated driving, which will be used both nationwide and internationally.

To enable highly automated driving, the use of various sensors is necessary. In this project, optical sensors (e.g., cameras on and in the vehicle) are used among others for environmental detection and collision avoidance. Here, personal data are collected and processed as natural persons and vehicle license plates can be captured.
The data collected are used exclusively for the purposes of the research project and are stored only as long as necessary for the achievement of the project’s purposes (until the end of the project or according to the retention periods § 2f paragraph 3 no. 1 FOG) and then anonymized or deleted. The data are exclusively exchanged within the project with project partners and not transmitted to third parties.

2.2 Research Project AWARD H2020 – Automated Goods Transport

DigiTrans GmbH, in collaboration with 29 international project partners, is working on a research project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 101006817.

In the EU H2020 project AWARD, a highly automated electric transporter will operate between two companies on a route, where normally a conventional truck would run, in Gunskirchen until 2023 – regardless of whether it rains, snows, is sunny or foggy.

To enable highly automated driving, the use of various sensors is necessary. In this project, optical sensors (e.g., cameras on and in the vehicle) are used among others for environmental detection and collision avoidance. Here, personal data are collected and processed as natural persons and vehicle license plates can be captured.
The data collected are used exclusively for the purposes of the research project and are stored only as long as necessary for the achievement of the project’s purposes (until the end of the project or according to the retention periods § 2f paragraph 3 no. 1 FOG) and then anonymized or deleted. The data are exclusively exchanged within the project with project partners and not transmitted to third parties.

The project partners observe the applicable data protection regulations during data processing and commit themselves and their employees in particular to ensure appropriate technical and organizational measures, to handle data protection incidents carefully, and to maintain data secrecy according to § 6 DSG. Each responsible party is responsible for (i) fulfilling the obligation to inform according to Articles 13 and 14 GDPR, (ii) keeping a processing register, (iii) cooperating with the local supervisory authorities, (iv) notifying affected persons about potential high-risk data protection incidents, and (v) appointing a data protection officer.

3. Updating of Provisions

We reserve the right to amend these provisions at any time according to business requirements.

4. Your Rights

You have the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, revocation, and objection to processing. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection claims have otherwise been infringed, we ask you to contact us to clarify any questions:

You can contact us either by email at datenschutz@digitrans.expert, in writing at DigiTrans GmbH, Böhmerwaldstraße 16, 4020 Linz, Austria, or by telephone at +43 732 6046 59.

In addition, you have the right to file a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority. Of course, we are always available to provide information about data protection on our website.

Last updated: April 28, 2023