New law speeds up recall of "spying hardware"

The Funkanlagen-Marktüberwachungsgesetz is meant to speed up recall of "spying hardware" from the market. Selling such hardware, once found dangerous and outlawed, is illegal but the new law adds public announcements and mandatory information of government agencies to existing regulations.

Country: Austria

Domains: IG

Stakeholder: Government

Tags: regulation, Austria, spying hardware

Posted on Tuesday 11 April 2017

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