It comes as no surprise that 2021 too will be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and political activity will focus on the battle against the infectious disease. Nevertheless, there are many issues advancing in the background which need to be worked on. Many of these have been on our radar for…

HEAT , Copyright , Surveillance Package , Privacy and Data Protection , Platform Regulation , Face Recognition , AMS

Austria has been working on an electronic identity – e-ID in short – for quite some time now. Recent discussions on this type of electronic identification have focused on the electronic driving license, which is to be introduced in spring 2021. The draft legislation proposed by the federal…

Privacy and Data Protection

This February we have celebrated our 10 year anniversary as an association. At the time, we enjoyed our little office party and we had no idea about what we would soon be faced with: the Corona crisis, for which we outlined implications and recommendations for digital rights right away. Not only did…

Privacy and Data Protection

Nobody took data protection into account for the so-called “Supplementary Register for Other Concerned Parties” (Ergänzungsregister für sonstige Betroffene). The Ministry for the Economy and the Finance Ministry are responsible for a data breach to which the Austrian Economic Chambers were an…

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

Our future with technology is a polarizing topic. While some urge that advancements pose grave threats to personal privacy and other fundamental rights, others believe whole-heartedly in the promise of new technologies to eradicate long-standing inequalities at a pace that humans have been unable –…

Privacy and Data Protection

Shortly after the EU gave a green light to upload filters, two laws were proposed in Austria - each with the alleged goal of tackling online hate speech - that rang the alarm bells.

 

The law on "care and responsibility on the net” forces media platforms with forums to store detailed data about…

Privacy and Data Protection

Lit-up facade of the Museum of Modern Art in Graz, Austria collects money for privacy

 

Privacy and Data Protection

Press mentions on this topic

Title Date Publication Publication details Type of publication Mentioned
01/08/2025 ORF Web yes
01/08/2025 mobiflip.de Web yes
01/08/2025 pcte.ch Web yes
01/08/2025 t3n.de Web yes
01/08/2025 Oberösterreichische Nachrichten Web yes
01/08/2025 reporteri.substack.com Web yes
01/07/2025 golem.de Web yes
01/07/2025 teletarif.de Web yes
12/30/2024 biometricupdate.com Web yes
12/27/2024 ccc.de Podcast yes

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