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The law for your website

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Impressum (legal notice), disclosure, cookie consent, accessibility: several laws apply to a small business's website at the same time, and many guides online quote German law. Here you'll find what Austrian law requires, each time with the section, the source and the date we last checked it. These pages explain the duties; they are not a substitute for legal advice.

Imprint (Impressum)

Impressum (legal notice) for the Flexible Kapitalgesellschaft (FlexKapG / FlexCo)What your FlexCo's Impressum must contain: legal form suffix under the FlexKapGG, company register details, ECG details and disclosure. With sources.
Impressum (legal notice) for a GmbHThe mandatory details your GmbH website needs: company register number and court, registered office, UID and disclosure. With sections and sources.
Impressum (legal notice) for OG and KGWhat your OG or KG needs in its Impressum: UGB, ECG and Media Act, including the special case of the GmbH & Co KG. With sections and sources.
Impressum (legal notice) on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and co.Do you need an Impressum on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn? What the ECG and Media Act say about business social media profiles in Austria.
Impressum (legal notice) for sole traders (EPU) and e.U.What your Impressum needs as a one-person business or e.U.: ECG, GewO, UGB and Media Act at a glance, with sections and sources. As of October 2026.

Disclosure (Offenlegung)

Disclosure under § 25 MedienG and Impressum under § 24 MedienGSmall or large website? What you must disclose under § 25 MedienG, when you need a Blattlinie and when § 24 (newsletters) applies. With sources.

Data protection and cookies

Cookie banners: when you need consentWhen do you need a cookie banner? § 165 TKG 2021, the GDPR and the DSB's position – explained simply, with a checklist. As of October 2026.
Google Fonts: embedding fonts in a privacy-friendly wayGoogle Fonts embedded dynamically? What courts said about the 2022 wave of warning letters, what the OGH leaves open and how to self-host fonts.

Accessibility

Barrierefreiheitsgesetz (Accessibility Act): does it apply to your website?The BaFG has applied since 28 June 2025. When your website is covered, when you're exempt as a micro-enterprise and what you have to do.

Artificial intelligence

AI labelling on your website (AI Act Art. 50)Art. 50 AI Act has applied since 2 August 2026. When you must label AI texts, AI images and chatbots on your website – and when you don't.

Professional rules

DoctorsWhat can go on your practice website? Advertising limits under § 53 ÄrzteG, titles, patient photos, prices and Impressum – with sources.
PhysiotherapyWhat can you advertise online as a physiotherapist? Advertising limits under § 39 MTD-Gesetz 2024, professional title, prices and Impressum.

This page is not legal advice. What counts are the laws in force and the information from your chamber or your legal adviser.

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