EdLaw
Austria — Datenschutzgesetz (DSG)
Austria's data-protection act, GDPR-adapted by the Datenschutz-Anpassungsgesetz 2018. Unusually, its Art. 1 § 1 is a Verfassungsbestimmung — a constitutional-rank fundamental right to data protection that binds private actors too.
Statute text is German (the authentic language); this README is curation.
Applicability to EdTech
- Digital-consent age is 14 (§ 4 Abs. 4) — Austria took the GDPR Art. 8 derogation down to 14, matching Italy and Bulgaria (Germany and Poland stay at 16, Czechia at 15).
- The constitutional Grundrecht (Art. 1 § 1): everyone has a constitutional claim to secrecy of personal data with direct third-party effect — Austrian schools and parents can invoke it directly, and it shapes how the DSB and courts read everything else.
- No fines against public bodies (§ 30 Abs. 5): Behörden and öffentliche Stellen (public schools included) cannot be fined — but private vendors can, and § 30 Abs. 1–2 spell out when managers' conduct is attributed to the company (§ 30).
- School-specific data processing sits in the BilDokG 2020, teaching-use provisions in SchUG.
Contents
| Document | Covers |
|---|---|
| GRUNDRECHT-KIND-STRAFEN.md | Art. 1 § 1 (Grundrecht, Verfassungsbestimmung), Art. 2 § 4 (Anwendungsbereich; Abs. 4 Einwilligung ab 14), Art. 2 § 30 (Geldbußen; Abs. 5 öffentliche Stellen) |
Enforcement
Datenschutzbehörde (DSB, dsb.gv.at); GDPR Art. 83 fine scales apply via the DSGVO directly, tempered by § 30 Abs. 5 for public bodies.
Related
- EU GDPR — directly applicable
- AT BilDokG 2020 — school data registers
- AT SchUG — ICT-supported teaching
Sources
Meta
Statute text in GRUNDRECHT-KIND-STRAFEN.md is reproduced verbatim in German from the official RIS open-data API (per-paragraph consolidated NOR documents) by tools/ris-at/build_at.py; verify re-queries the live API and fails as soon as any pinned provision is amended.