noyb news

01.09.2026
Credit Scoring

Supreme Court: CRIF illegally collected data of millions in Austria. Way clear for class action!

The Austrian Supreme Court decided: CRIF’s current practice of collecting data from address publishers violates the GDPR principle of ‘purpose limitation’

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26.08.2026
Credit Scoring

‘Shadow database’ scandal: noyb sends SCHUFA cease-and-desist letter; interest list for class action opened

noyb has issued a formal warning to the credit information agency SCHUFA and announced an injunction

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30.07.2026
Cookie Banners

1,741 “informed” consents with one click?! GDPR complaint against dict.cc filed

dict.cc requests users to consent to the tracking by 1,741 "partner" companies. This makes it impossible for people to know what happens to their data

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29.06.2026
Data Transfers

US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers

The US Supreme Court decided that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore – with major implications for EU-US Data Transfers.

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23.06.2026
GDPR Policy

EU Member States (and Google) suddenly want to keep cookie banners!

The EU Commission proposed a solution to get rid of cookie banners. Some Member States are now working against it, despite requests for simplification

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09.06.2026
Credit Scoring

Secret scoring: Join the CRIF class action now!

noyb is bringing an injunction and a class action for damages against the Austrian credit referencing agency CRIF

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