Austria :: Social media and data protection

There is no specific law on the use of online information by employers, however, the Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz – DSG) and Section 16 of the General Civil Code (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch– ABGB) apply, alongside the duty of care of the employer to protect the employee against monitoring and selective searching on social networking sites …

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