The latest edition of Lexology Panoramic (formerly “Getting the Deal Through”) for the field of data protection was published in July 2026. Dr. Rainer Knyrim and Jennifer Salomon, LL.M. wrote the updated article about Austria.

Lexology Panoramic is published online and offers a quick and up-to-date overview of legal frameworks and developments, organized by country and/or topic, as well as comparison tools for subscribers. In the “Data Protection and Privacy” section, reports from 32 countries worldwide are available, each covering the following topics:

• Law and the regulatory authority
• Scope
• Legitimate processing of PI
• Data handling responsibilities of owners of PI
• Security
• Internal controls
• Registration and notification
• Sharing and cross-border transfers of PI
• Rights of individuals
• Exemptions, derogations and restrictions
• Specific data processing
• Update and trends