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Austria. Comprehensive data protection. Act

DSG 1978Datenschutzgesetz 1978 (BGBl. 565/1978)

Repealed/superseded
Partly verifiedMedium confidence. RIS gives the Datenschutzgesetz (BGBl. Nr. 565/1978) as in force 1 January 1980 and repealed with effect from 31 December 1999 by BGBl. I Nr. 165/1999, per search-result summaries. The RIS PDFs I had cited are single-section extracts and RIS blocked direct fetching, so I could not confirm any of them is the whole Act; text_url is empty rather than guess. Authority not stated. The DSG 2000 is the same instrument as the existing at-dsg row, so no separate row was added.

§1Summary

Synopsis

Austria's first federal data protection act. Its transitional provisions ran from 1 January 1980, including a deadline for registering existing processing operations. It was replaced by the Datenschutzgesetz 2000, whose current version is the existing at-dsg row.

Key themes
  • automated processing
  • registration of processing operations
  • transitional rules
Unique features

Superseded by DSG 2000, which remains in force in amended form.

SaaS relevance

Historical only; replaced by the Datenschutzgesetz 2000 (current version: see at-dsg).

§2Obligations

Breach notification
None
DPO
No

§3Dates

Key dates
  • Adopted
  • In force
  • Ended
  • Enacted 18 October 1978 (BGBl. Nr. 565/1978); in force 1 January 1980 (section 58); ceased to be in force on 1 January 2000 with the entry into force of the Datenschutzgesetz 2000 (BGBl. I 165/1999)

§4Text and authority

Text
No authoritative text located.

§5Where it applies

Domestic law of
Austria

§6Sources and verification

Sources consulted
Verification

Medium confidence.

Partly verifiedMedium confidence. RIS gives the Datenschutzgesetz (BGBl. Nr. 565/1978) as in force 1 January 1980 and repealed with effect from 31 December 1999 by BGBl. I Nr. 165/1999, per search-result summaries. The RIS PDFs I had cited are single-section extracts and RIS blocked direct fetching, so I could not confirm any of them is the whole Act; text_url is empty rather than guess. Authority not stated. The DSG 2000 is the same instrument as the existing at-dsg row, so no separate row was added.