sozialministerium.gv.at

Federal Ministry of Social Affairs — 32 requests, 4 domains. etracker (Germany) fires as the first external request at 171 ms. Siteimprove follows at 485 ms. Both before consent. The privacy policy mentions neither.

Timeline of the leak

+171 ms · etracker

code.etracker.com/code/e.js — the first external request, alongside the CSS. There is no consent banner.

+485 ms · Siteimprove

siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_6026929.js loads without consent.

+533 ms · etracker ping

code.etracker.com/t.js — tracker initialization with identifier et=26m0M9.

+757 ms · etracker data

www.etracker.de/cntcc — a tracking ping with pagename, session identifier, and visit data.

Session total

32 requests, 4 domains. 28 — to www.sozialministerium.gv.at, 3 — to etracker, 1 — to Siteimprove.

Indicators of GDPR non-compliance

GDPR Art. 6(1)(a), Art. 13, TKG § 165

etracker loads at 171 ms and sends a tracking ping at 757 ms. Siteimprove loads at 485 ms. Both — before any consent, with no consent banner. The privacy policy does not mention either service.

Context

Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz is the federal ministry responsible for social policy, healthcare, and consumer protection. HAR: 32 requests, 4 domains. The privacy policy was last updated in October 2025.

Two trackers, zero declarations

etracker — a German analytics service (Hamburg) — loads at +171 ms, before most of the site’s own scripts. Siteimprove follows at +485 ms. Neither is mentioned in the privacy policy. The policy describes the handling of email correspondence, the newsletter, and contact forms — not a word about web analytics.

Sensitive context

This is the website of the ministry overseeing healthcare and social services. Visitors frequently look for information on benefits, medical programs, and support for vulnerable groups. Tracking without declaration and without consent in this context is not merely a procedural violation.

Conclusion

The ministry responsible for protecting consumer rights in Austria sends data to two external services without consent and without mentioning either in its own privacy policy.

Evidence

Original (audit)

HAR file: at/sozialministerium-gv-at-2026-05-26.har

SHA-256: e473ec2985a73347643ab1aa5e5bf3017f4a7e52a057274a8485d935be4b498e

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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 sozialministerium.gv.at.

2. Circumstances
I visited the website sozialministerium.gv.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) etracker loads at 171 ms and sends a tracking ping at 757 ms. Siteimprove loads at 485 ms. Both — before any consent, with no consent banner. The privacy policy does not mention either service.

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

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

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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