Cases in court

How an app is heating things up in local authorities

An entrepreneur and the app operator recently met in court.

(Bild: stock.adobe.com)

The apps look similar and the names sound similar too. But one of the digital applications has been causing displeasure in numerous municipalities for several months. Many municipal representatives have already turned to local entrepreneurs, as complaints and inquiries have been piling up.

Gmunden, Steyr, Wels and Traun: a number of municipalities and cities have recently distanced themselves from the geminfo.app on social media. This is a kind of business register in which companies or doctors can register. "We have received an increasing number of inquiries and complaints in connection with the app," says Traun Mayor Karl-Heinz Koll.