schule.at

Austria's official educational platform — 58 requests, 3 domains. Piwik on tracking.edugroup.at fires without consent. YouTube receives the IP address via video previews. The policy describes Google Analytics — absent from the HAR, while an undeclared Piwik is present instead.

Timeline of the leak

+232 ms · YouTube preview

img.youtube.com loads previews for three videos. A connection to YouTube is established with no action from the user.

+373 ms · Piwik

tracking.edugroup.at/piwik.js loads without consent.

+425 ms · tracking ping

tracking.edugroup.at/piwik.php — a POST with action_name and idsite=20. Before consent.

Session total

Google Analytics did not appear in the HAR. 53 requests to www.schule.at, 3 to img.youtube.com, 2 to tracking.edugroup.at.

Declared versus actual

✓ Google Analytics — described in the policy with an opt-out scheme, absent from the HAR — заявлен

+ Piwik/Matomo on tracking.edugroup.at — not mentioned in the policy — не заявлен

+ YouTube img.youtube.com — loading previews without click-to-load is not mentioned — не заявлен

Indicators of GDPR non-compliance

GDPR Art. 6(1)(a), Art. 13, TKG § 165

tracking.edugroup.at/piwik.js loads at 373 ms and sends a tracking ping at 425 ms — without consent. The policy describes Google Analytics with an opt-out scheme; Piwik is not mentioned at all.

GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)

img.youtube.com loads previews for three videos directly, without click-to-load. YouTube receives the IP address on every page load with no action from the user.

Context

schule.at is Austria’s official digital educational platform, operated by Education Group GmbH (Linz) on behalf of the BMBWF (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung). HAR: 58 requests, 3 domains.

Piwik without declaration

tracking.edugroup.at — Piwik/Matomo on Education Group’s infrastructure, fires at 373 ms. The privacy policy describes Google Analytics with a detailed cookie table and an opt-out link — but Piwik is never mentioned. Google Analytics did not appear in the HAR: it may already be disabled, but the policy has not been updated to reflect this.

YouTube without a click

Three YouTube videos are embedded via direct preview loading from img.youtube.com — without click-to-load. The visitor’s IP address goes to Google on every page load, regardless of whether the user wants to watch the video.

Sensitive context

schule.at is an educational platform for children and teachers. Minors are among its visitors. Tracking without consent and data transfer to YouTube are especially sensitive in this context.

Conclusion

The platform declared a tool that isn’t in the HAR, and failed to declare the one that is actually running. YouTube receives data without a click. For an educational portal with a young audience, this is precisely the set of issues that should be fixed first.

Evidence

Original (audit)

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

SHA-256: 63b4017c475eab8cd6bf6203547beb06947c432a25932f47bb5bdbd668079295

Re-check snapshot

Awaiting changes

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

Ready-to-send complaint letter

Where to file: Datenschutzbehörde (DSB) — file a complaint online →

To: Datenschutzbehörde (DSB)
From: [Your name], [contact email]

1. Subject of the complaint
I am filing a complaint regarding the processing of my personal data by the website schule.at.

2. Circumstances
I visited the website schule.at and found indications that the processing of my personal data does not comply with the GDPR. The technical analysis published on gdpru.eu on 26 May 2026 (open methodology, reproducible measurements) documents the following indications:

1) tracking.edugroup.at/piwik.js loads at 373 ms and sends a tracking ping at 425 ms — without consent. The policy describes Google Analytics with an opt-out scheme; Piwik is not mentioned at all.

2) img.youtube.com loads previews for three videos directly, without click-to-load. YouTube receives the IP address on every page load with no action from the user.

Full technical documentation is published at: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/at-schule-at/

3. Provisions violated
GDPR Art. 6(1)(a), Art. 13, TKG § 165; GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)

4. Request
I request that you investigate the violations described and apply the measures provided for in Article 58(2) GDPR.

5. Attachments
The full evidence base — the HAR file, its SHA-256 checksum and the quotation from the site's privacy policy documenting the stated contradiction — is published and verifiable at the link in point 2 above.

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