TÜV AUSTRIA Whistleblowing Hintbox
As a member of the TIC Council, TÜV AUSTRIA is committed to creating opportunities for whistleblowing based on the TIC Council Prinzipien.
TÜV AUSTRIA Legal & Compliance has set up the electronic whistleblower system tuvaustria.hintbox.at.
- The whistleblowing system is hosted externally without connection to the company network.
- No IP addresses or device IDs are logged
- Reports are anonymised by default
- Messages are sent and stored in encrypted form
- Strictest confidentiality even in the case of voluntary disclosure
- Reports are handled objectively and with due diligence in accordance with applicable data protection laws
- Presumption of innocence applies when reporting misconduct
- The reporting system must not be used for false accusations and the reporting of knowingly false information is not permitted.