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Search Data Protection Authority Decisions in RIS

Source: R/ris_search_dsk.R
ris_search_dsk.Rd

Convenience wrapper around ris_search_case_law() with application = "Dsk".

Usage

ris_search_dsk(
  query = NULL,
  business_number = NULL,
  norm = NULL,
  decision_date_from = NULL,
  decision_date_to = NULL,
  decision_type = NULL,
  deciding_authority = NULL,
  in_ris_since = NULL,
  search_decision_text = TRUE,
  search_legal_principles = TRUE,
  echo = FALSE,
  base_url = "https://data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6"
)

Arguments

query

Optional full-text query (Suchworte).

business_number

Optional business number (Geschaeftszahl).

norm

Optional legal norm query (Norm).

decision_date_from

Optional lower date bound (YYYY-MM-DD, EntscheidungsdatumVon).

decision_date_to

Optional upper date bound (YYYY-MM-DD, EntscheidungsdatumBis).

decision_type

Optional decision type (Entscheidungsart). Dsk accepts (pass the string exactly as shown): "Undefined", "BescheidBeschwerde", "BescheidAmtswegigesPruefverfahren", "VerwaltungsstraferkenntnisVerwarnungErmahnung", "BescheidWissenschaftStatistikArchiv", "BescheidInternatDatenverkehr", "BescheidAkkreditierungZertifizierung", "BescheidVerhaltensregeln", "BescheidWarnung", "BescheidRegistrierung", "BescheidSonstiger", "Empfehlung", "BescheidIFG", "Verfahrensschriftsaetze".

deciding_authority

Optional filter for the deciding body (EntscheidendeBehoerde), e.g. "Datenschutzbehörde".

in_ris_since

Optional RIS recency filter (ImRisSeit). Accepts API values ("Undefined", "EinerWoche", "ZweiWochen", "EinemMonat", "DreiMonaten", "SechsMonaten", "EinemJahr") and English aliases ("one_week", "two_weeks", "one_month", "three_months", "six_months", "one_year").

search_decision_text

Optional flag for decision text search (SucheInEntscheidungstexten).

Optional flag for legal principles search (SucheInRechtssaetzen).

echo

Logical. If TRUE, prints the equivalent RIS website URLs (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/<Applikation>/ and the corresponding Ergebnis.wxe query URL) and the number of returned rows, so users can double-check the result set in the browser.

base_url

API base URL.

Value

A tidy tibble with parsed search results. Includes list-columns content_urls and app_metadata.

Details

Covers decisions of Austria's data protection authorities: the Datenschutzkommission (DSK, 1990–2013), the Datenschutzbehörde (DSB, since 2014), and the Parlamentarisches Datenschutzkomitee (PDK, since 2025).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Search across all data protection authority decisions
ris_search_dsk(query = "Videoüberwachung")

# GDPR-era DSB decisions only
ris_search_dsk(
  query = "DSGVO",
  decision_date_from = "2018-05-25"
)

# Filter to a specific decision type
ris_search_dsk(decision_type = "BescheidBeschwerde")

# Filter by deciding authority (DSB since 2014)
ris_search_dsk(
  query = "Auskunftsrecht",
  deciding_authority = "Datenschutzbehörde"
)

# Decisions added to RIS within the last six months
ris_search_dsk(in_ris_since = "six_months")
} # }