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This years European Data Protection Day on January 28th, marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the European Data Protection Convention (Convention 108) on January 28th 1981.

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority confirmed that Grindr did not receive valid consent from users and announces a fine of 100 Mio NOK (€ 9.63 Mio) on Grindr.

We filed an appeal against two decisions of the Luxemburg Data Protection Authority on a fundamental matter: the authority dismissed two complaints lodged against US-based data controllers.

noyb filed a complaint, representing 6 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in their complaint concerning the Parliament’s coronavirus testing website.

The DPC has agreed with Max Schrems' demand to swiftly end a 7.5 year battle over EU-US data transfers by Facebook and come to a decision on Facebook's EU-US data flows.

Facebook lost and won appeal: It must give full access to all data and pay €500, but may use data without consent of the user.

Today at 10:00am EST / 16:00 CET the Committee for Commerce, Science and Transportation of the United States Senate will have a hearing on the EU-US data transfers after the Schrems II decision.

Online tracking identifiers (“cookies”) are well-known and highly controversial. Apple even introduced functions in their browser to block cookies – but who has ever heard about “IDFA”?

noyb has filed a complaint against C-Planet IT Solutions, the company responsible for leaking 337,384 Maltese voter’s data - including their political preference.

Today the Irish High Court has ordered the Irish DPC to cover most the costs of Mr Schrems’ legal team in relation to this summer’s decision on EU-US data transfers before the CJEU.

noyb can file representative actions in Belgium and claim damages on behalf of users for the violation of various laws relating to consumer protection, including data protection legislation.

Within only 10 months our project GDPRhub and the regular newsletter GDPRtoday has reached exceptional popularity. noyb and our Country Reporters add freely available GDPR knowledge every day!

noyb filed a GDPR complaint against Wizz Air, as the airline failed to update a customer’s basic personal data - despite the right to free rectifications under the GDPR.

On Tuesday, noyb filed a GDPR complaint against the Vienna-based address broker AZ Direct Österreich GmbH because they refused to provide information on data sources and recipients.

The Irish High Court allowed a “Judicial Review” against the Irish DPC today. The legal action by noyb aims to swiftly implement the European Court of Justice Decision on Facebook's EU-US transfers.

We asked 33 companies how they comply with the CJEU ruling on EU-US data transfers – the answers were astonishing!

Just over a month ago, noyb filed 101 complaints against several companies based in the EU/EEA as they continue to transfers personal data to Facebook and Google. Today,

In cooperation with the Austrian Chamber of Labour, noyb filed eight complaints against streaming services. A first decision has now been issued: more than one and a half years after the complaint.

Today the Irish High Court has accepted that Facebook may bring a Judicial Review gainst a preliminary decision by the DPC stopping Facebook's EU-US data transfers.

The WSJ reported that the Irish DPC allegedly issued a "preliminary order" for Facebook to stop its EU-US transfers - but only under the SCCs. noyb plans further legal action.