apa.at

Context

APA – Austria Presse Agentur eG is Austria’s cooperative national news agency, founded in 1946. The principal news supplier for Austrian media. The group includes APA-IT (hosting), APA-Comm, and OTS (press releases). DPO: apa@apa.at. The policy covers the entire APA-Gruppe. HAR: 46 requests, 6 domains.

uc-block.bundle.js — blocking before consent

Key detail: the second request of the session is privacy-proxy.usercentrics.eu/latest/uc-block.bundle.js (+267 ms). This is a dedicated Usercentrics blocking script that intercepts the loading of all trackers and holds them until explicit consent is obtained. Unlike auftrag.at, where PostHog loaded before Usercentrics — here the blocker runs alongside the CMP loader and prevents any leak prior to consent.

In the HAR, after Usercentrics there is only visualhosting.apa.at (own subdomain) and www.ots.at (APA’s own service). Not a single American or external tracker.

visualhosting.apa.at — proprietary widget

visualhosting.apa.at/138doj79/election/index.poll.html — an embedded poll or widget on the topic of elections, hosted on an APA subdomain. Data stays within APA-IT’s infrastructure.

OTS — proprietary press service

www.ots.at (Austria Presse Agentur OTS) — APA’s own press release service. Loads the news feed for the homepage. Austrian infrastructure.

Policy — detailed, group of companies

The Datenschutzerklärung covers the entire APA-Gruppe: APA eG, APA-IT, APA-Comm. A clear division of responsibility — APA-IT acts as a sub-processor for other companies within the group. Current as of April 2026.

Conclusion

APA is an exemplary implementation of Usercentrics with a blocking script. 6 domains, all Austrian or within the EU. Not a single tracker before consent. A news agency upholding a standard it could well recommend to other Austrian media outlets.