FPÖ in criticism: Police data monitoring causes excitement!

FPÖ in criticism: Police data monitoring causes excitement!

Österreich - On April 22, 2025, FPÖ questioned police work in Austria. In a current press release, the party criticizes the police and their measures, especially with regard to the monitoring of communication services. The security spokesman for the People's Party, Ernst Gödl, comments on the responsibilities of the FPÖ in relation to security issues and describes Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker and the federal government as a guarantee of peaceful and protected Austria.

The FPÖ sees the monitoring of messaging services such as WhatsApp and signal as a necessary means to protect the population. However, the party emphasizes that such surveillance should only take place after judicial approval and in strictly limited cases. Technical solutions for this are currently under development, and at the same time the data protection of the population is considered the highest priority. ots.at reports on the concerns that the FPÖ expresses in this context.

data protection and sensitive data

In the context of increasing digitization, data protection plays a crucial role in Austria. The Internet is omnipresent in both private and professional areas, which collects numerous personal and sensitive data from users. This information, which can also be seen as a "new currency", is used for marketing and product development purposes. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Austrian Data Protection Act guarantee the protection of this data and offer the affected person far -reaching rights.

Gerold Pawelka-Schmidt, data protection expert and judge at the Federal Administrative Court, emphasizes that the GDPR places strict requirements for the processing of personal data. The laws protect information about identifiable persons and enable the affected right to information, delete and correct their data. Violations of these provisions can lead to high fines that can be up to 20 million euros or 4 % of global corporate sales. online security.gv.at explains that there are particularly frequent complaints about information rights and the legality of data processing.