[624] Constitution of Austria, available at http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/au00t___.html.
[625] http://www.ad.or.at/office/recht/dsg2000.htm.
[626] Datenschutzgesetz (Data Protection Law), BGBl (Bundesgesetzblatt, Federal Bulletin) 1978/565 changed by 1981/314, 1982/228, 1986/370, 1987/605, 1988/233, 1989/609, 1993/91, 1994/79, 1994/632. http://www.ad.or.at/office/recht/dsg.htm.
[627] Christopher Millard and Mark Ford, Data Protection Laws of the World, Austria Report (Clifford Chance 2001).
[628] Id.
[629] Id.
[630] See Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger and Ernst Brandl, Datenschutzgesetz 2000 (Line Publishing Vienna, 1999).
[631] Datenschutzbericht 2001, p. 8 (Official Report of the Data Protection Commission), available at http://www.bka.gv.at/datenschutz/ds2001.pdf.
[632] Privacy Exchange, Austria Country Report, May 30, 2001, available at http://www.privacyexchange.org/legal/nat/omni/austriaum.html.
[633] Id.; Datenschutzbericht 2001, p. 8, 23 (Official Report of the Data Protection Commission), available at http://www.bka.gv.at/datenschutz/ds2001.pdf.
[634] Id.
[635] Id.
[636] Id. at 8.
[637] Privatssphäreschutzgesetz Entwurf (Draft for a New Statute to Protect Privacy), available at http://www.parlinkom.gv.at/archiv/XXI.pdf/ME/00/03/000359.pdf.
[638] §§ 87-101, Telekommunikationsgesetz (Telecommunication Law)("TKG," BGBl I 1997/100).
[639] Christopher Millard and Mark Ford, supra.
[640] Id.
[641] Regierungsvorlage: Bankwesengesetz (Governmental draft for a New Statute to Regulate the Banking Sector) http://www.parlinkom.gv.at/pd/pm/XXI/I/texte/000/I00057_.html.
[642] Financial Action Task Force, FATF Welcomes Proposed Austrian Legislation to Eliminate Anonymous Passbooks, June 22, 2000 http://www1.oecd.org/fatf/Ctry-orgpages/ctry-at_en.htm#Follow%20up%20(2000).
[643] Data Protection Working Party - Article 29, Fifth Annual Report of the Situation Regarding the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and Privacy in the European Union and in Third Countries Covering the Year 2000, March 6, 2002, available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2002/wp54en_1.pdf and http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2002/wp54en_2.pdf.
[644] Reorganisationsbegleitgesetz (Bill for the Reorganization of the Military), REORGBG, 6671/BR dB, available at http://www.parlinkom.gv.at/pd/pm/BR/I-BR/his/066/I-BR06671_.html.
[645] "2002 06 17: Militärs - Lauschgeil durchs Land," Arge Daten Privacy Service, available at http://www.ad.or.at/news/pw20020624.html; "Willkürlicher militärischer Zugriff auf Benutzerdaten" June 18, 2002, VIBE, available at http://www.vibe.at/aktionen/200206/mil_18jun2002.html.
[646] "E-card, einfach gesund, informationen" http://www.chipkarte.at/aktuelles/faq.html.
[647] Id.
[648] "Chief Information Office, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich - Konzept Bürgerkarte" http://www.cio.gv.at/identity/.
[649] "OCG-Mitgliedskarte mit Bürgerkarten-Funktion," available at http://www.members.ocg.at/.
[650] § 149a to § 149p Strafprozeßordnung - StPO.
[651] Osterreich übernimmt Lauschangriff und Rasterfahndung ins Dauerrecht" Heise, October 13, 2001, available at http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/9806/1.html.
[652] Draft Ordinance of the Federal Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology over the Surveillance of Telecommunications, February 7, 2001 http://www.vibe.at/misc/uevo.en.html.
[653] Republic of Austria News Report. "Austrian Federal Government supports US Actions," October 21, 2001, available at http://www.austria.gv.at/cgi-bin/search_show.pl.cgi?page=/aktuell/database/informationen/english/single/20011015_5812.html.
[654] Republic of Austria News Report. "Stronger Sentences for Terror-Hoaxes," October 24, 2001, available at http://www.austria.gv.at/cgi-bin/search_show.pl.cgi?page=/aktuell/database/informationen/english/single/20011024_2814.html.
[655] BGBl, 1987/285 (May 15, 1987). http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~sobotta/Austria.htm.
[656] International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. 2002 Report on Austria (Events of 2001), May 28, 2002, available at http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/AR2002/country%20links/austria.htm.
[657] Id.
[658] Signed January 28, 1981, ratified March 30, 1988, entered into force July 1, 1988 http://conventions.coe.int/.
[659] Signed December 13, 1957, ratified September 3, 1958, entered into force September 3, 1958 http://conventions.coe.int/.
[660] Signed November 11, 2001.