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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…

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…

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…

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 –…

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…

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

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Heftige Kritik an AMS-Innovationen	01/09/2024	Salzburger Nachrichten		Print	yes
Fehlerhafter KI-Chatbot: Heftige Kritik an AMS-Innovationen	01/08/2024	sn.at		Web	yes
UN Cybercrime Convention: „Der Vertrag soll einen umfassenden Zugang zu Daten schaffen“	01/08/2024	netzpolitik.org		Web	yes
Dicke Bretter, diesmal mit internationaler Computerkriminalität	01/08/2024	chaosradio.de	Dicke Bretter	Podcast	yes
Infofreiheit: Finales Hearing mit Experten im Parlament	01/06/2024	Kurier		Print	yes
Kritik an AMS-Tool: ChatGPT gibt sexistische Antworten	01/05/2024	Ö1	Abendjournal	Radio	yes
Infofreiheit: Finales Hearing mit Experten im Parlament	01/05/2024	kurier.at		Web	yes

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