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Vienna Judge delivers "non-judgment" in Facebook case
Jul 01, 2020 Despite diving into detailed facts about Facebook's illegal data use, no real analysis under the GDPR was undertaken. The judge apparently wanted to leave these issues to the Superior Courts.
€50 million fine for Google confirmed by French Court
Jun 19, 2020 Google loses appeal against CNIL – €50 million fine is confirmed by the Conseil d’Etat
A1: "Where were you? None of your business!"
Jun 15, 2020 noyb.eu filed a complaint against A1Telekom Austria, the national network operator, as they refuse to provide traffic and location data to customers. A1 also uses this data for motion analysis.
Massive political data leak in Malta
May 27, 2020 A massive leak of the voter’s list show the voting preferences, addresses, phones and dates of birth of a majority of the Maltese population,.
Open Letter on “confidential” dealings in Facebook case
May 24, 2020 DPC had "confidential" meetings with Facebook on bypassing the GDPR before it became applicable in 2018. noyb disclosed the details after two years of a Kafkaesque procedure.
First European "Corona App" reviewed by noyb, epicenter.works and SBA Research
Apr 21, 2020 Austria: First European "corona app" with 400,000 active users reviewed by noyb, epicenter.works and SBA resarch. Privacy friendly concept, that can still be improved.
Three GDPR Complaints filed against Grindr, Twitter and the AdTech companies Smaato, OpenX, AdColony and AT&T’s AppNexus
Jan 14, 2020 Research by the Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) shows that many smartphone apps send highly personal data to thousands of advertising partners.
Facebook: We don’t need your consent!
Nov 12, 2019 The world's largest social network believes it has found a way to bypass Europe’s strict privacy laws.