Welcome to the whistleblowing system of the administrative office and corporate group of the City of Linz

Why should I submit a report?

Compliance with statutory, social and internal organisational rules is part of a positive and open company culture.

Perhaps you are aware of behaviour or risks that may endanger the administrative office of the provincial capital of Linz or a company of the corporate group of the City of Linz. Your information could help to reveal possible damages of all kinds at an early stage.

What is the process for submitting a report? How do I set up a postbox?

If you wish to submit a report (either giving your name or anonymously), click the ‘Submit report’ button at the top of our introduction page.

The reporting process consists of four steps:

1. First, you will be asked to read some information on the protection of your anonymity and answer a security query.
2. On the following page, you will be asked about the category of your report.
3. On the report page, you can elaborate on your report in your own words and answer questions about the case by simply selecting responses. You can type up to 5000 characters into the free text field, which corresponds to a full A4 page. You may also submit a file of up to 10 MB to support your report. Please bear in mind that documents may contain information about the author. After submitting your report, you will receive a reference number to confirm that you have sent this report.
4. After this, please set up your own secured postbox. You will use this postbox to receive feedback, answer questions and find out about the progress of your report.

If you already have a secured postbox, you can go straight to it via the ‘Login’ button. Here, too, you will have to answer a security query first.

As long as you do not enter any data that could reveal your identity, BKMS^® System will protect your anonymity.

Please rest assured that we are only interested in the case you are reporting. Abuses must be uncovered and financial losses prevented.

How do I receive feedback and remain anonymous at the same time?

The BKMS^® System process used here places the utmost importance on protecting the whistleblower. The system’s anonymity protection function is certified by an independent body.

When you set up your secured postbox, you choose your pseudonym/user name and password yourself. This login information is not visible to anyone except you.

If you lose your login information, please submit a new report and set up a new postbox. If possible, please provide the reference number of your previous report. The new postbox will not contain anything associated with your previous report.

Your report is kept anonymous through encryption and other specialised security measures. You do not have to provide any personal information if you submit a report anonymously. Do not submit any information that contains any reference to you. Please do not use any device provided by your employer, such as a PC or smartphone, to submit your report.

Via the secured postbox, an examiner will give you feedback about what is happening with your report or ask you questions if some details are still unclear – you will continue to remain anonymous throughout the dialogue.

Who processes my report?

My report will be sent for processing directly to the persons assigned to handle compliance affairs at the administrative office of the provincial capital of Linz or the responsible persons at the company of the corporate group of the City of Linz that I have selected.