Austrian Post: Punishment reduced to 16 million euros, but fight continues!

Austrian Post: Punishment reduced to 16 million euros, but fight continues!

The Austrian Post is the focus of a legal rod after the Federal Administrative Court has confirmed a penalty of 16 million euros for serious data protection violations. This punishment follows the long-lasting dispute over the illegal processing of party political preferences of customers who violated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Originally, the fine was set to 18 million euros, but was reduced by two million, such as kosmo.at reported.

Despite this reduction, the Austrian Post does not intend to give up. The sub -state company appeals and will pursue the case at the Administrative Court in order to possibly revise the decision. In over six years of legal disputes, it has become clear that the court maintains the central allegations against the post office, which indicates serious errors in data processing, such as Sn.at reported.

The future of the case remains uncertain while the post office hopes for a clarification. The legal dispute over the data protection violations not only has financial consequences, but also focuses on the failures in data processing that weigh particularly difficult in a company with state participation. Even if the punishment has been reduced, the key question of responsibility remains in data protection.