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Irish High Court: Judicial Review against DPC admitted

Sep 14, 2020 (Article)

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.

Irish Supreme Court: Facebook’s application dismissed

May 31, 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.

Is the DPC actually stopping Facebook's EU-US data transfers?! ..maybe half-way!

Sep 09, 2020 (Article)

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.

Jobs

Mar 04, 2020 (Basic page)

Judicial Review against DPC over slow procedure granted

Jul 06, 2020 (Article)

Irish High Court grants leave in case against Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) over extremely slow GDPR complaints procedures.

Legal & Privacy

Jun 08, 2020 (Basic page)

Maltese voter data leaked online. noyb files complaint.

Nov 12, 2020 (Article)

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.

Massive political data leak in Malta

May 27, 2020 (Article)

A massive leak of the voter’s list show the voting preferences, addresses, phones and dates of birth of a majority of the Maltese population,.

Media Center

Jun 08, 2020 (Basic page)

More Cookie Banners to go: Second wave of complaints underway

Mar 04, 2022 (Article)

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

National Administrative Procedure

Jan 09, 2020 (Project)

National Implementation of GDPR

Jan 09, 2020 (Project)

NCC & noyb GDPR complaint: "Grindr" fined € 6.3 Mio over illegal data sharing

Dez 15, 2021 (Article)

Today, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of 65 Mio NOK (€ 6.34 Mio or $ 7.17 Mio) on Grindr. The LGBTQI dating app had not received valid consent from users, but had been sharing

Netflix & Chill – What streaming services do while you’re on the couch

Mar 31, 2020 (Article)

Cinemas and theatres are closed but the show must go on, as they say. And the show does go on. There is TV, of course, but also streaming services such as Netflix or Amazon.

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

Jan 18, 2019 (Article)

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.

Netzpolitik: Kritik an „geheimen Absprachen“ Facebooks mit Aufsicht

Jul 14, 2020 (Media Coverage)

New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete

Jun 14, 2021 (Article)

noyb publishes a proposal for an automatic browser signal to eliminate obsolete cookie banners. "ADPC" demonstrates a user-friendly European solution for privacy choices.

New York Times: Privacy Activist Schrems Calls on EU Authorities to Get Irish Watchdog Moving

May 26, 2020 (Media Coverage)

News Sites: Readers need to "buy back" their own data at an exorbitant price?!

Aug 13, 2021 (Article)

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

Next Steps for EU companies & FAQs

Jul 20, 2020 (Article)

We have summarized the next steps after the CJEU judgement on EU-US data transfers for EU companies and published model requests they can send to your non-EU/EEA providers.