Protection against Fraud and Identity Abuse
3. Further explanations
3.1. Legal notice
In Austria, due to several legal provisions, there is a so-called "imprint obligation" or obligation to provide a legal notice for websites.
Based on the legal notice, you can draw conclusions about the trustworthiness of a website.
This is because information about the website must be disclosed in the legal notice. For commercial websites with an online store, for example, the following information must be provided:
- The name of the online store operator or their company
- The geographical address at which the company is established
- Information enabling users to contact the online store operator quickly and directly and their e-mail address
- If available, the company register number and the company register court
- If the activity is subject to official supervision, the competent supervisory authority
- In the case of online store operators who are subject to trade or professional regulations, the chamber, professional association or similar institution to which the online store operator belongs
- Professional title and Member State in which the professional title was awarded
- Reference to the applicable trade or professional regulations and also an access to these regulations
- If available, sales tax identification number
- Location of the business license, if the company is not registered in the commercial register
Often the link to the legal notice is located at the bottom of the web pages.
Examples of imprint:
