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Say “NO” to cookies – yet see your privacy crumble?

10 December 2019 / article /
Cookie Banners

Cookie banners of large French webpages turn a clear “NO” into “fake consent” noyb.eu files three GDPR complaints with the French Data Protection Regulator (CNIL).

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Facebook: We don’t need your consent!

12 November 2019 / article

The world's largest social network believes it has found a way to bypass Europe’s strict privacy laws.

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CJEU hears case on EU-US data transfers (Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield)

17 September 2019 / article

Due to a number of requests, we have summarized the key facts of the case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on EU-US data transfers and mass surveillance by the US government.

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FAQs

05 September 2019 / page

Find frequently asked questions (FAQs) in the list below. If you have any questions that are not answered below, you can always contact us, and we will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Currently this page is only available in English.

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Austrian Supreme Court: Facebook dismissed

21 June 2019 / article

The Austrian Supreme Court has ultimately rejected all attempts by Facebook to block a model lawsuit on fundamental privacy issues in Vienna now.

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BREAKING: CNIL fines Google € 50 Mio based on noyb complaint

21 June 2019 / article

English Press Release (PDF) Key Info The French data protection authority (CNIL) just has announced that it has imposed a record fine of € 50 million on Google for violating the GDPR today.

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noyb and Access Now hosted workshop on effective enforcement actions

05 June 2019 / article

noyb and Access Now jointly hosted the workshop “One year after GDPR: Advancing rights through effective enforcement actions” from May 8 to 10 in Vienna.

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Projects

01 June 2019 / page

noyb uses best practices from consumer rights groups, privacy activists, hackers, and legal tech initiatives and merges them into a stable European enforcement platform. With the many enforcement possibilities under the European data protection regulation (GDPR), noyb is able to submit data protection complaints with local authorities and file procedures in national courts. We follow the idea of targeted and strategic litigation in order to strengthen your right to privacy.

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Irish Supreme Court: Facebook’s application dismissed

31 May 2019 / article

In the procedure on Facebook’s involvement with the NSA under the so-called “PRISM” surveillance program, the Irish Supreme Court has today decided over an unprecedented application by Facebook.

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Netflix, Spotify & YouTube: Eight Strategic Complaints filed on “Right to Access”

18 January 2019 / article /
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

A test by noyb shows structural violations of most streaming services. In more than 10 test cases noyb was able to identify violations of Article 15 GDPR.

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01 January 2019 / page

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01 January 2019 / page

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01 January 2019 / page

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NOYB enforces your right to privacy everyday

01 January 2019 / page

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“Pay or Okay” bei derStandard.at?

10 December 2018 / article

Guest commentary by Max Schrems in 'Der Standard' (an Austrian newspaper) to the subscription type 'PUR-Abo' by DerStandard.at

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Test Cases On Freedom To Exercise GDPR Rights In Any Format

08 December 2018 / article

Many controllers reacted to GDPR with automated systems. While this may be effective and helpful in many cases, there is a tendency that controllers limit the options of data subjects...

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Our director Max Schrems on 60 Minutes (a CBS show)

12 November 2018 / article

On November 11th, 2018 our director Max Schrems was on 60Minutes (the Sunday night TV program on CBS), trying to explain the good and the bad of GDPR and how we try to enforce it in practice!

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Submission at the Austrian Federal Administrative Court (BVwG)

16 October 2018 / article

noyb represents a customer of an Austrian bank, who wanted access to his bank account details – but was denied access.

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noyb.eu filed complaints over “forced consent” against Google, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook

25 May 2018 / article /
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

Privacy à la “take it or leave it”? The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which came into force today at midnight is supposed to give users a free choice, but Facebook ignores that.

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