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 Christina Maria Schwaiger
Senior Lawyer

Christina Maria Schwaiger

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
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Christina Maria Schwaiger has been working for the TMC Technology, Media & Telecommunications department since 2019.  She specializes in various areas, including data protection, cybersecurity, AI regulation, IT law, e-commerce and commercial. Prior to this, she gained valuable experience as an employee of the Austrian Data Protection Authority and the European Data Protection Board, in particular also in the conduct of proceedings (e.g. complaint proceedings, notifications of data protection violations and administrative criminal proceedings).

In her work, Schwaiger also deals with the areas of e-marketing and social media, which are increasingly influenced by regulations. She also deals with new regulations such as the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Service Act and the Data Act. 

Schwaiger already worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Public Law, European Law and International Law at the University of Salzburg during her studies. She regularly gives lectures on relevant topics, is a lecturer at the University of Krems on the course “Data Protection and Privacy” and is a certified trainer of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    The standout qualities of Christina Maria Schwaiger are her understanding and patience. Throughout our interactions, she took the time to ensure that not only I but also our entire team had a clear understanding of the complex issues at hand.'
    Legal 500, 2025
  • Quote
    "I am very happy with Christina Maria Schwaiger."
    Chambers European 2025

Publications

  • Teilkommentierung (Commentary on selected issues), in: Jelinek, Schmidl, Spanberger (eds.), Kommentar zum Datenschutzgesetz (2018).
  • Der Datenschutzbeauftragte (The Data Protection Officer), in: Weka (ed.), Praxiswissen Datenschutz (2017).
  • Biometrische Gesichtserkennung (Biometric facial recognition), in: Jahnel (ed.), Datenschutzrecht. Jahrbuch 2016 (2016) 193.

Memberships & Roles

  • International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Club Tirol – Business Club 
  • AI Upper Austria Association

Lectures list

  • Data Processing at Public Authorities (Judicial System and Administration), lecture in the Data Protection and Privacy post-graduate degree programme, Danube University Krems
  • Regular meetings on data protection in 2019, ARS – Akademie für Recht, Steuern und Wirtschaft
  • Experiences with the GDPR from the Austrian Data Protection Authority’s Perspective, lecture at imh’s annual conference on data protection 2019
  • GDPR Bootcamp 2018, Practising Law Institute, San Francisco
  • First Experiences with the GDPR, lecture at Manz’s annual conference on internet law 2018
  • Intensive workshop on data protection law: Austrian Data Protection Act and GDPR, Austrian Federal Academies of Public Administration in Vienna and Vorarlberg

Education

  • 2021 – Bar exam
  • 2019 – Basic training for administrative staff incl. exam
  • 2018 – LLB.oec., University of Salzburg
  • 2015 – Mag. iur., University of Salzburg