One Parliament – Many different data protection controllers
At the federal level, the National Council and the Federal Council are the legislative bodies of the Republic of Austria. Elected Members of Parliament, employees of the Members of Parliament, and the parliamentary groups as well as the Parliamentary Administration work here.
The Parliamentary Administration as an administrative apparatus is subordinate to the President of the National Council and bound by his or her instructions. The Parliamentary Administration, therefore, is not an independent authority. It has two areas of responsibility:
1. assistance with parliamentary tasks
2. conduct of parliamentary administrative matters
Depending on the respective data processing, different controllers and legal foundations have to be considered. The information provided in the following relates to data processing by the Parliamentary Administration.
Data processing by the Members of Parliament, their assistants or those of parliamentary groups falls within the area of responsibility of neither the President of the National Council nor the subordinate Parliamentary Administration.