authorities to answer questions regarding their areas of responsibility, insofar as this does
not conflict with a legal obligation to maintain secrecy. However, it does not permit citizens
to access documents, only to receive answers from the government on the content of
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information. The 9 Austrian
Länder
(States) have enacted laws that place similar
obligations on their authorities.
Data Protection/Privacy Legislation
Data Protection Act
(2000)
The Austrian Data Protection Act (
Datenschutzgesetz
2000; DSG 2000, Federal Law Gazette
I No. 165/1999) came into effect on 1 January 2000. In implementation of the Directive on
Data Protection
95/46/EC
, the act provides for a
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