noyb news

19.11.2024
Data Subject Rights

German BGH: GDPR compensation for loss of control

noyb welcomes yesterday's leading decision of the German Federal Court of Justice in a Facebook case

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12.11.2024
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

Ads: Meta wants to be 'less illegal' - but much more annoying...

In the battle over the illegal use of personal data for advertisement, Meta has announced another variation: This time Meta will try "less personalized" ads, which may annoy users into consenting.

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22.10.2024
Online & Mobile tracking

Pinterest pins users’ data down - without consent!

noyb has filed a complaint against Pinterest with the French data protection authority (CNIL)

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04.10.2024
Online & Mobile tracking

CJEU: Meta must "minimise" use of personal data for ads

In today's ruling in C-446/21 (Schrems v. Meta), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has fully backed a lawsuit brought against Meta, over its Facebook service.

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25.09.2024
Online & Mobile tracking

Firefox tracks you with “privacy preserving” feature

noyb filed a complaint against Mozilla for quietly enabling a supposed “privacy feature” (called Privacy Preserving Attribution) in its Firefox browser which tracks user behaviour on websites.

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12.09.2024
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

noyb WIN: Belgian DPA “settlement” turned into proper legal orders on deceptive cookie banners

We won a case against Belgian news company Mediahuis. Four major news websites must adapt their currently deceptive cookie banners

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