Yes. Austria has no ban on VPNs, and companies, universities and public bodies use them every day for remote access. As an EU member, Austria applies the GDPR, which sets rules for how organisations process personal data, with or without a VPN.
Austrian courts have ordered providers to block some websites. Since a 2014 ruling of the EU Court of Justice in an Austrian case, rightsholders have obtained orders that require internet providers to block piracy sites. In 2022 one such order listed IP addresses, and many unrelated sites hosted on the same Cloudflare addresses went offline for a while. Some people reach blocked sites through a VPN or proxy, but the law applies to them all the same.
A VPN encrypts your connection and swaps your IP address for one from the location you choose. You can look up your current IP address before and after connecting, or read more about how a VPN works.
Austrian courts have ordered providers to block some websites. Since a 2014 ruling of the EU Court of Justice in an Austrian case, rightsholders have obtained orders that require internet providers to block piracy sites. In 2022 one such order listed IP addresses, and many unrelated sites hosted on the same Cloudflare addresses went offline for a while. Some people reach blocked sites through a VPN or proxy, but the law applies to them all the same.
A VPN encrypts your connection and swaps your IP address for one from the location you choose. You can look up your current IP address before and after connecting, or read more about how a VPN works.
