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

Even though its effects are very visible, the ePrivacy Directive is hardly known to the wider public. Cookie consent dialogues, familiar to every web user, are often associated with GDPR and widely complained about since 2018. However, they are really a consequence of the ePrivacy Directive's…

Data Retention , Privacy and Data Protection

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
03/05/2026 ORF Eco Television yes
02/28/2026 Der Standard Print yes
02/26/2026 YouTube Bits und so Video yes
02/25/2026 ORF konkret Television yes
02/24/2026 oekonews.at Web yes
02/24/2026 Heise.de Web yes
02/23/2026 FM4 OK FM4 Radio yes
02/23/2026 Salzburger Nachrichten Web yes
02/23/2026 VIENNA.AT Web yes
02/23/2026 derstandard.at Web yes

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06/25/2019 Kleine Zeitung Web no
06/25/2019 Wiener Zeitung Web no
06/25/2019 Die Presse Web no
06/25/2019 ORF news.ORF.at Web no
06/25/2019 ORF ZIB 1 Television no
06/25/2019 derStandard.at Web no
06/18/2019 Heise.de Web no
06/11/2019 FM4 fm4.ORF.at Web no
06/11/2019 derStandard.at Web no
06/06/2019 derStandard.at Web no