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29.10.2026
Online & Mobile tracking

noyb win: French electronics retailer Fnac Darty fined €7 million

The fine is based on a noyb complaint from 2023. Back then, we highlighted that Fnac Darty illegally tracked users of its mobile apps without consent

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27.10.2026
Online & Mobile tracking

AI training platform Outlier illegally surveils European platform workers

noyb has filed 5 GDPR complaints against Scale AI, which operates the AI training platform Outlier

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23.10.2026
GDPR Policy

AI: EU Member States approve “digital expropriation” for AI companies

On Wednesday, EU Member States passed a highly controversial change to the GDPR, creating massive loopholes for AI

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21.10.2026
Political Microtargeting, Manipulation & Tracking

noyb win: German DPA finds microtargeting by major political parties illegal

In 2023, noyb filed complaints against German political parties for unlawfully using political microtargeting during the 2021 federal election. Now, the Berlin DPA has issued decisions

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13.10.2026

Annual Report 2025 out now!

In 2025, noyb filed 21 new GDPR complaints, launched its first collective redress project and worked on the EU Commission’s Digital Omnibus package

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12.10.2026
Online & Mobile tracking

Privacy win: Norwegian Authority fines Microsoft’s Xandr € 8.5 Million

In 2020, noyb has filed a complaint against the online advertising company Xandr for processing personal data from the dating app Grindr. This decision is a major blow to the online adtech industry.

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SCHUFA: Streit um historische Daten – Kritiker wollen klagen
Darf die Schufa alte Kreditdaten speichern und für ihre Modelle nutzen? Datenschützer fordern die Löschung der Daten, die Schufa hält dagegen. Nun dürfte der Streit vor Gericht landen.

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Norway fines Microsoft's Xandr $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing
Norway's data protection authority has fined Microsoft's adtech unit Xandr 92 million crowns ($9.61 million) for unlawfully relaying Grindr users' sensitive data to thousands of advertisers, it ‌said on Monday.

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Microsoft illegally installed cookies on schoolkid's tech, data protection ruling finds
Austrian education ministry unaware of tracking software until campaigners launched case.

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Grindr and TikTok targeted by complaint from digital rights group NOYB
The digital rights advocacy group accuses the Chinese platform of using a third-party service called AppsFlyer to track the activities of one of its users on the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr.

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Google handed €325 million fine in France over Gmail ads and cookies
The French privacy watchdog (CNIL) handed Google a €325 million fine on Wednesday for inserting advertising between Gmail users' emails and dropping tracking cookies without consent.

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