Data Advocacy for Austria
Austria implemented the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC with the Data Protection Act, Federal Law Gazette part I No. 165/1999 as amended (Act).
The amended Austrian Federal Data Protection Act 2000 (Datenschutzgesetz) (the “DSG”), effective as of January 1, 2000, which implements the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was last amended by the Data Protection Amendment Act 2014 (which was passed in May 2013 and entered into force on January 1, 2014).
There is no legal requirement in Austria for organisations to appoint a data protection officer.
Since the beginning of 2010, the Act has required a data controller to notify the data subjects in an appropriate way, if it realises that the data in its data application has been systematically or in a material way unlawfully used, unless the potential damage of the data subjects is negligible or the notification would require unreasonable expense.
An organization that collects Personal Data must provide Data Subjects with information about the organization’s identity, the purposes for collecting Personal Data, the consequences of not providing consent, and the rights of the Data Subject.
Opt-in regime: no direct marketing electronic mail can be legally sent without the express consent of the receiver, unless a pre-existing business or commercial relationship exists. (Consent is however not mandated for marketing to legal persons.)
Also, a specific opt out must be offered with each message. Disguised sender identities are prohibited, and a valid return address must be provided.
The term “Opt-Out Rule” means that the sending of e-marketing to the recipient is permitted on an opt-out basis if:
- the recipient’s details were originally collected “in the context of a sale”.
- the entity sending the marketing is the same legal entity that collected the recipient’s details initially.
- the marketing relates to “similar” products and/or services for which the recipient’s details were originally obtained.
- the recipient is given the opportunity free of charge to object to the e-marketing, both at the time their details were collected and in each subsequent communication.
Applicable Legislation:
Telecommunications Act
First party e-marketing
(entity that collects the data will send the e-marketing itself)
B2C: Opt-in. Opt-out permitted where Opt-Out Rule applies.
B2B: Opt-in. Opt-out permitted where Opt-Out Rule applies
Third party e-marketing
(entity that collects the data will share with third party partner for e-marketing)
B2C: Opt-in
B2B: Opt-in.
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