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Data Protection Lawyer

26 July 2022 / page

You want to join a purpose‐driven team, go beyond mere compliance paperwork and have what it takes to enforce the GDPR? Then apply for a position in our legal team!

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Annual Report 2021 out now!

21 July 2022 / article

2021 marks noyb’s fourth year of fighting for the right to privacy. We have taken things up a notch by filing a record-breaking amount of complaints.

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Second € 20 Mio Fine for Clearview AI

13 July 2022 / article

The company can no longer process biometric data of people in Greece and must delete all existing data.

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One Month for European DPAs to decide Facebook's EU-US Data Transfers

07 July 2022 / article /
Data Transfers

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UPDATE: Further EU DPA orders stop of Google Analytics

05 July 2022 / article /
Data Transfers

The Italian DPA (GPDP) has joined the consensus shared by the EDPS, as well as the French and Austrian DPA and has banned the use of Google Analytics (GA).

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Sweden: Users are not party to their own privacy rights?

22 June 2022 / article /
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

The Swedish DPA (IMY) refuses to take a decision on a GDPR complaint, claiming that the user is not a party to his own rights. Today, noyb filed an appeal.

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No right to access your own location data? noyb files appeal against Spanish DPA

21 June 2022 / article

A customer made an access request to receive his location data which was refused by Virgin Telco. The AEPD sided with the company. noyb files appeal.

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Statement on 4 Years of GDPR

24 May 2022 / article

When the GDPR became applicable on 25 May 2018, it was perceived as a watershed moment. The past 4 years have shown that a law alone does not change business models.

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Open Letter on the Future of EU-US Data Transfers

23 May 2022 / article /
Data Transfers

As more and more details emerge, Max Schrems wrote an Open Letter on the announcement of a new EU-US data transfer framework.

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UPDATE on noyb’s 101 complaints: Austrian DPA rejects “risk based approach” for data transfers to third countries

02 May 2022 / article

While some DPAs thoroughly investigated noyb's 101 cases on EU-US Data Transfers, others just started dismissing cases for questionalbe reason. Is the coordinated effort promoted by the EDPB failing?

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Political data breach in Malta: C-Planet refuses right to access and information

29 April 2022 / article

IT-company C-planet leaked personal data of almost the whole Maltese voting population. A new complaint by noyb aims to reveal the source of the data that C-Planet has, as of now, kept silent about.

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Irish DPC burns taxpayer money over delay cases

28 April 2022 / article /
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

Irish DPC settles delay case with noyb before Irish High Court, agreeing to pay legal costs in the tenthousands over needing almost four years to issue a first draft decision.

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UPDATE: CNIL decides EU-US data transfer to Google Analytics illegal

05 April 2022 / article /
Data Transfers

CNIL considers transfer illegal and has ordered websites to comply with the GDPR.

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"Privacy Shield 2.0"? - First Reaction by Max Schrems

25 March 2022 / article /
Data Transfers

Today Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Biden have announced a new EU-US data sharing system.

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Amazon Workers demand Data-Transparency

14 March 2022 / article

Amazon using tracking data against its own employees? Workers from five European countries now filed access requests against the E-commerce giant to find out what happens with their personal data.

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€ 20 Mio Fine for Clearview AI in Italy

10 March 2022 / article

The company can no longer process biometric data of people in Italy and must delete all existing data.

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More Cookie Banners to go: Second wave of complaints underway

04 March 2022 / article /
Cookie Banners

noyb launched the second round of its action against deceptive cookie banners. The first wave already brought visible improvements in banner design.

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SecureDrop

01 March 2022 / page

We are committed to enhancing freedom, democracy and consumer protection in the digital sphere. Therefore, we use SecureDrop to protect people who make the public aware of unlawful corporate and institutional behavior.

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giropay knows what you bought last summer

25 February 2022 / article

The German payment service does not only process payment data, but each item of your shopping basket. They then put the blame for any unlawful data transfers on the shop operators.

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Data Protection Day: 41 Years of "Compliance on Paper"?!

23 January 2022 / article

The GDPR is a strong piece of legislation with, so far, weak enforcement. In an overview of our complaints since 2018, noyb wants to show how that lack of enforcement manifests in individual cases.

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