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Internal , Privacy and Data Protection , Net Neutrality , Government Spyware

For months, the Ministry of the Interior and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution have been calling for more options for monitoring messenger services such as Signal, Whatsapp, Telegram etc. By now, several supreme courts have categorised the interception of encrypted communication as a…

Government Spyware , Surveillance , Privacy and Data Protection

This was 2023 from a digital rights perspective: We look back on an eventful year.

Government Spyware , Chat Control , Privacy and Data Protection , Digital Euro - Right to Cash , eID , Net Neutrality , Platform Regulation , PNR , Transparency/Open Government , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention , Data Retention , Whistleblowing

The rapid speed at which digital technologies are becoming increasingly connected and penetrate all areas of life also requires constant adaptation of legal regulations. This development also extends to the fighting of crime. Despite existing regulations at the regional level (for example, the…

Government Spyware , Data Retention , Privacy and Data Protection , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention

The Austrian constitutional court decided on 11.12.2019 that the surveillance law that permits the use of spying software to read encrypted messages violates the fundamental right to respect for private life (article 8 ECHR), the fundamental right to data protection (§ 1 Austrian data protection…

Government Spyware , Data Retention , Surveillance Package , Privacy and Data Protection

Press mentions on this topic

Title Date Publication Publication details Type of publication Mentioned
06/26/2024 Netzpolitik.org Web yes
06/26/2024 Netzpolitik.org Web yes
06/21/2024 derstandard.at Web yes
06/21/2024 Ö1 Morgenjournal Radio yes
06/20/2024 derstandard.at Web yes
06/19/2024 OTS Web yes
06/19/2024 OTS Web yes
06/15/2024 Der Standard Print yes
06/14/2024 derstandard.at Web yes
06/12/2024 derstandard.at Web yes

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