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Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing
Aug 31, 2023 noyb filed three complaints against Fitbit. The health and fitness company forces new app users to consent to data transfers
Annual Report 2022 out now!
Aug 23, 2023 2022 was the year of major decisions in our long-standing cases on EU-US datatransfers
23 years of illegal data transfers due to inactive DPAs and new EU-US deals
Aug 14, 2023 A new noyb analysis now shows how a combination of inactive DPAs and a new deal by the EU Commission lead to 23 years of privacy violations
5 years of litigation: Meta apparently switches to consent for behavioral ads
Aug 01, 2023 Meta announced they will soon switch to "consent" for behavioral ads. Exactly what consequences this will have remains to be seen
Booking a Ryanair flight through an online travel agent might hold a nasty surprise
Jul 27, 2023 noyb filed a complaint against Ryanair. When booking through an online travel agent, the airline pushes some customers to go through an invasive facial recognition process
Belgian DPA let news outlets buy themselves free from GDPR compliance
Jul 19, 2023 Today, noyb files complaints against 15 Belgian news sites using unlawful cookie banners. Among them are news outlets like RTL Belgium, Het Laatste Nieuws and L'Avenir
Norwegian DPA temporarily bans behavioral advertising on Facebook and Instagram
Jul 17, 2023 The Norwegian DPA is the first national data protection authority declaring behavioral advertising on Meta platforms illegal. noyb welcomes this decision
„Pay or Okay“ on tech news site heise.de illegal, decides German DPA
Jul 14, 2023 The Data Protection Authority of Lower Saxony (LfD) decided that the “Pay or Okay” solution used by heise.de was unlawful