manz.at

Leading Austrian legal publisher — 65 requests, 2 domains. Piwik PRO on stats.manz.at loads the container and consent templates — no tracking ping. The consent gate holds.

Request timeline

+441 ms · Piwik PRO container

stats.manz.at loads the Piwik PRO container. No tracking ping — the script waits for consent.

Session total

65 requests. 63 — [www.manz.at](https://www.manz.at), 2 — stats.manz.at. Zero tracking pings, zero cookies, zero external domains.

Declared versus actual

✓ Google Ads — declared in the policy, without personal tracking — declared

✓ Piwik PRO — a reference to the Cookie Policy on the site — declared

✓ Friendly Captcha — CSS present in the HAR, for forms — declared

Context

MANZ’sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung GmbH is Austria’s leading legal publisher, operating legal databases (RDB Rechtsdatenbank) and serving as an ERV-Übermittlungsstelle for electronic justice. HAR: 65 requests, 2 domains.

stats.manz.at — self-hosted Piwik PRO. The container loads at +441 ms, followed by privacy-templates.json — the consent banner configuration. No tracking ping appears in the HAR: the CMP works. Zero external services, zero cookies.

Sensitive context with a nuance

MANZ is not just a bookstore. It is an ERV-Übermittlungsstelle — an intermediary between the courts, the Bundesrechenzentrum, and lawyers for the transmission of procedural documents. The site serves lawyers, notaries, and tax advisors. The legal databases contain sensitive professional data. This is precisely why a properly functioning consent gate matters here — and it works.

Conclusion

A legal publisher whose business is built on compliance with legal norms has built an architecture in which the tracker does not run without consent. 65 requests, 2 domains, zero violations.

Evidence

How to verify: download the file and compute its checksum — sha256sum file.har (Linux, macOS) or certutil -hashfile file.har SHA256 (Windows); it must match the one shown. The conclusions apply to the scope of this measurement — see the limitations of the method.

Original (audit)

HAR file: at/manz-at-2026-05-26.har

SHA-256: 5862c397cfcfc083638ef0a25495c04a3ed3cd3bc1083c9b2102c52017619c0a

HAR files are stored on EU infrastructure (Proton Drive). SHA-256 is published for integrity verification.

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Step 1. Data access request (GDPR Art. 15)

Send this letter directly to the company first — before contacting the regulator it has the right to respond (GDPR Art. 12(3) — 30 days).

Тема: Запрос доступа к персональным данным (ст. 15 GDPR) — manz.at

Кому: [укажите адрес компании — DPO / поддержка / юридический отдел]
От: [Ваше имя], [контактный email]

Прошу предоставить доступ к моим персональным данным, обрабатываемым в связи с использованием сайта manz.at.

1. Категории данных и цели обработки (ст. 15(1)(a)-(c))
Прошу предоставить информацию по всем категориям, целям и получателям обработки моих данных на этом сайте — независимо от того, выявлены ли на сегодняшний день какие-либо несоответствия.

2. Получатели, сроки хранения и передача за пределы ЕЭЗ (ст. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
Прошу также указать полный список третьих лиц-получателей, применимые сроки хранения по каждой категории и правовые основания передачи данных за пределы ЕЭЗ, если таковая происходит. Полный технический разбор с доказательствами (сохранённый сетевой журнал, контрольная сумма SHA-256) опубликован по адресу: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/at-manz-at/

3. Автоматизированная обработка и профилирование (ст. 15(1)(h))
Прошу сообщить, применяется ли в отношении меня автоматизированное принятие решений или профилирование, и если да — раскрыть логику такой обработки.

С уважением,

[Ваше имя]
[контактный email]
[Страна]


[Дата]

Subject: Data access request (GDPR Art. 15) — manz.at

To: [insert the company's address — DPO / support / legal department]
From: [Your name], [contact email]

I request access to my personal data processed in connection with the website manz.at.

1. Categories of data and purposes of processing (Art. 15(1)(a)-(c))
I request information on all categories, purposes, and recipients of my data processed on this site — regardless of whether any non-compliance has been identified to date.

2. Recipients, retention periods, and transfers outside the EEA (Art. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
I also request the full list of third-party recipients, the applicable retention period for each category, and the legal basis for any transfer of data outside the EEA. The full technical audit with evidence (saved network log, SHA-256 checksum) is published at: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/at-manz-at/

3. Automated processing and profiling (Art. 15(1)(h))
Please state whether I am subject to automated decision-making or profiling, and if so, disclose the logic involved.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[contact email]
[Country]

[Date]