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In our third advent reading we dive into Facebook's "Record of Processing Activities" and why it is a (bad) joke at best.

We are looking for the 4,000 remaining active "Target Leaks" users and hope they consider donating their Facebook targeting data to noyb.

In our second Advent Reading, we take a Charles Dickens approach to EDPB documents, showing how the DPC has lobbied the EDPB in Facebook's interest to allow their "GDPR bypass".

Our First "Advent Reading" focuses on the right to access to documents and Facebook’s attempts to suppress documents and undermined the right to be heard of others.

DPC demanded noyb to sign an "non-disclosure agreement" benefiting Facebook and the DPC in direct exchange for granting noyb procedural rights. We now filed a corruption report.

According to Austrian DPA phone provider A1 can refuse to provide information since data on the cell phone is not "personal". noyb appeals decision.

Complaint against Grindr: in order for users to access their data, Grindr requires users to identify in maybe the most grotesque way imaginable:

Another complaint against Amazon Europe: a customer made an access request to find out why he was denied certain payment options; he did not receive a reply.

Diverting direct marketing data to assess creditworthiness is unlawful and needs to stop. noyb filed a complaint against CRIF Bürgel and Acxiom who have been engaging in such practices.

We have invited the DPC to continue this debate in courts, as there is no legal basis for censoring a non-profit when criticizing an authority.

Schrems: “Decision undermines key element of GDPR.”

In internal news: noyb is hiring lawyers and developers!

First Statement by Max Schrems

noyb filed complaints against the cookie paywalls of seven major German speaking news websites

Today we filed 422 + 36 complaints on "cookie banners" with ten European Data Protection Authorities.

After about a year, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) finally issued a decision on our first complaint against the credit ranking agency CRIF.

The Austrian Supreme Court referred fundamental questions about Facebook's GDPR compliance to European Court of Justice and issued a partial judgment on damages and access to data.

In January 2019 we filed complaints against eight streaming services for not responding properly to a simple access request.

A year ago the so-called "Schrems II" decison was referred to as ground breaking What is the situation a year on?

Read all about our new and ongoing projects, financials and plans for 2021 in noyb’s Annual Report 2020!