Posts tagged #Data Privacy Law
All PostsAustrian OGH: Applying Country-of-Origin Rules to Access User Data
Data Privacy LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) recently examined the question of whether an Irish platform operator could be compelled to disclose information regarding a user who had disseminated personal data during a social media backlash....
Limits for Abusive GDPR Requests
Data Privacy LawIn the case at hand, a person living in Austria had signed up for a German optician’s newsletter by entering personal information into the company’s online registration form. Several weeks later, the individual contacted the optician's shop to reques...
One-year deadline for data protection complaints
Data Privacy LawThe Austrian Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof, hereinafter VwGH) reviewed whether the one-year deadline specified in Section 24(4) of the Austrian Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, hereinafter DSG) under national procedural law alig...