Report illegal content
Notice and action mechanism under Art. 16 DSA
HEXLE provides web hosting and thereby stores information on behalf of its customers. HEXLE is therefore a provider of a hosting service within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act, DSA).
On this page you can report content stored on our services that you consider to be illegal. Reporting is free of charge, requires no account and is open to any individual or entity.
How to report
E-mail: abuse[a]hexle.at
Alternatively via our contact form using the subject "Report illegal content".
What your notice should contain
The more complete your notice, the faster we can decide. Art. 16(2) DSA lists four elements:
- a sufficiently substantiated explanation of why you consider the content to be illegal
- the exact address (URL) of the content and, where necessary, further information enabling us to locate it
- your name and e-mail address. This is not required where the notice concerns content connected to one of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 7 of Directive 2011/93/EU
- a statement confirming your good-faith belief that the information is accurate and complete
What happens next
- You receive an acknowledgement of receipt without undue delay.
- We process the notice in a timely, diligent, non-arbitrary and objective manner. The assessment is made by HEXLE staff, not by an automated process.
- You receive our decision, including information on the redress possibilities available to you.
- If the notice leads to a restriction, the affected customer receives a statement of reasons under Art. 17 DSA and may object to the measure.
We limit measures to the content concerned, as far as this is technically possible and sufficient to stop the infringement. Where we suspect a criminal offence involving a threat to the life or safety of a person, we inform the competent authorities without delay (Art. 18 DSA).
Single points of contact
- Authorities (Art. 11 DSA): Member State authorities, the European Commission and the European Board for Digital Services can reach us electronically at legal[a]hexle.at , in German or English.
- Customers (Art. 12 DSA): info[a]hexle.at and the telephone number given in our imprint . Communication does not rely solely on automated tools.
Other matters
- Please report security vulnerabilities not here but under our vulnerability disclosure policy to security@hexle.at.
- For data protection matters, please contact privacy@hexle.at, see our privacy policy .
- Support and sales: info[a]hexle.at
- If your matter concerns a website that is not hosted by HEXLE, there is nothing we can do. Please contact the respective provider.
Misuse of this mechanism
We may disregard notices that are manifestly unfounded or repeatedly submitted in bad faith, after issuing a prior warning. Please only report what you genuinely believe to be illegal — a notice can result in a website being taken offline.
Legal basis
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act), in particular Art. 11 (point of contact for authorities), Art. 12 (point of contact for recipients), Art. 14 (terms and conditions), Art. 16 (notice and action), Art. 17 (statement of reasons) and Art. 18 (notification of suspicions of criminal offences). The corresponding contractual provisions are set out in section 7 of our terms and conditions for web hosting and domains . The competent supervisory authority in Austria is KommAustria, supported by RTR.