2026-08-22
Disposing of IT inventory in Austria — what EAG-VO and GDPR require
A recycling ticket is not an erasure certificate. EAG-VO and AbfallBPV set the channel, GDPR and the DSG the per-drive evidence duty.
Knowledge
EAG-VO, AbfallBPV, DSG, Datenschutzbehörde, erasure certificates, NIST SP 800-88 — written for Austria, not a German or Swiss clone.

2026-08-22
A recycling ticket is not an erasure certificate. EAG-VO and AbfallBPV set the channel, GDPR and the DSG the per-drive evidence duty.
2026-08-22
Without a serial the certificate is useless to internal audit. The Datenschutzbehörde does not buy bulk PDFs.
2026-08-22
Austria often still buys hardware. Forced-recycling saleable enterprise kit is a loss, not compliance.
2026-08-22
Vienna, Graz, Linz. The job rarely fails on the spanner — on a chain written after recycling.
2026-08-22
The Data Protection Authority in Vienna audits controllers, not ITAD logos. The evidence sits with you.
2026-08-22
EAK coordinates household WEEE. ERA, UFH, ERP Austria and Interzero are compliance schemes. An enterprise ITAD job is not invented membership. ARA is packaging, not EAG.