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noyb filed a series of complaints against websites and data brokers that did not correctly address access requests using cookies as an authentication factor.

Two years ago, noyb filed a GDPR complaint against credit data broker KSV 1870. The Austrian credit reporting agency was storing unsolicited data from previously unknown individuals.

European Data Protection Day commemorates the signing of the first European data protection framework in 1981. Today, the GDPR is meant to enable citizens to exercise their right to privacy.

The Spanish Courts annulled a past decision by the Spanish DPA. The AEPD had previously argued that Virgin telco had lawfully denied its customers access to their location data.

A task force within the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued a draft report in reaction noyb's 700 cookie banner complaints.

Following Facebook and Instagram, a third decision on WhatsApp was issued. The DPC seems to have limited the case to "service improvement" and "security" - ignoring the core issues.

The DPC has turned a blind eye on the revenue generated by Meta from violating the GDPR since 2018. Ignoring the EDPB demand to include the unlawful revenue of Meta, reduced the fine by 3,97 Mrd EUR.

You can now read the details of the DPC decision! It seems interesting times lie before us in the Courts!

After almost five years, the Irish DPC decided on a noyb complaint and required Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to stop using the personal data of users for advertisement in the EU.

Our short statement on the draft of an EU-US adequacy decision by the European Commission.

The EDPB has decided that three Meta Apps (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) did not have a legal basis to process user data since May 2018. Meta's legal trick has been rejected.

The Stockholm administrative court held that a complainant under Article 77 GDPR has the right to request a decision from the Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) after six months.

More and more websites have added an option to say “no” to cookies and other tracking- as foreseen by the GDPR. Where did this trend come from?

Complaint against the news magazine Profil: If you want to visit profil.at, you can reject all cookies in the first step. If you do so, however, a second banner pops up.

The Advocate General of the CJEU has issued a non-binding opinion, aiming to limit one of the last potential avenues for users to enforce their privacy rights under the GDPR.

Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona issued his Opinion on CJEU case C-300/21 (UI v. Österreichische Post AG), the first of several preliminary ruling requests on the topic of damages for GDPR violations

Today, the US government published an executive order, allegedly limiting US surveillance. This is a first statement by noyb.

6 months ago, EU Commission President von der Leyen and US President Biden announced an agreement on EU-US data transfers "in principle". Until this day, there is still no agreement.

Today, noyb.eu filed a complaint against Google with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL). The tech giant has repeatedly ignored the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling on direct marketing

Final round on “One Trust” cookie banners: 226 complaints lodged by noyb against deceptive cookie banners that are still not complying with GDPR requirements.