Austrian DSB Declares Meta Tracking Tools Illegal
Austrian Data Protection Authority has declared that Facebook’s tracking pixel violates the GDPR and the latest CJEU decision on transatlantic data flows.
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Dutch hacker obtained virtually all Austrians’ personal data
The police did not elaborate on the consequences for Austrians’ data security.
Google Analytics banned in several European countries due to GDPR violations
The Italian data protection authority found that a local web publisher’s use of it violated GDPR rules.
Second decision of the Austrian DPA on Google Analytics
The Austrian Data Protection Authority issued a second ruling, finding that Google’s IP anonymization is insufficient for EU – US data transfers.
Austrian Supervisory Authority Finds that Website Deploying Google Analytics Carried out Unlawful Transfers to the US
The Austrian DPA found that a website that implemented the free version of Google analytics violated the GDPR’s rules on international data transfers.
Austrian Post fined €9.5 million for GDPR breaches
he Austrian data protection authority imposed a fine of EUR 9.5 million on Austrian Post.
Austrian Data Protection Authority Fines Loyalty Program Operator €2,000,000
‘Unser Ö-Bonus Club GmbH,’ a Vienna-based company that operates a multi-partner loyalty program, got a fine of 2,000,000 EUR from the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde) over multiple violations of the GDPR
Austrian Supreme Court asks CJEU if Facebook “undermines” GDPR since 2018
The Austrian Supreme Court referred fundamental questions about Facebook’s GDPR compliance to Court of Justice of European Union.
Austrian DPA has option to fine Google up to €6 billion
Google continues to send data from EU websites to the US – despite two Court of Justice rulings.
Schrems vs. Facebook: Dispute over advertising consent could soon end up before the ECJ
The data protection activist wants to bring the dispute over explicit consent to data processing for advertising and tracking to the European Supreme Court.
“Party affinity” data may not be processed without the consent, Austrian court rules
The Federal Administrative Court of Austria confirmed that “party affinity” data may not be processed without the consent.
Austrian ministry could face GDPR penalty after publishing personal data online
Austrians’ personal data has been publicly accessible on the Ministry of Economy’s website since 2009. One could simply go to […]