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noyb takes Swedish tax authority to court for selling people’s personal data

03 April 2025 / article /
Data Subject Rights

In Sweden, the tax authority doesn’t just use people's personal information for administrative purposes – but sells it to data brokers who publish it online.

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Frequently asked questions about Pay or Okay

24 March 2025 / page

So-called Pay or Okay systems are on the rise in Europe. First introduced by journalistic websites that wanted to boost their consent rates, Meta adopted the approach for Instagram and Facebook in November 2023.
Below, we compiled a number of the most frequently asked questions about Pay or Okay to explain what this is all about and why this approach is dangerous for consent online.

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AI hallucinations: ChatGPT created a fake child murderer

20 March 2025 / article /
Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT created a fake story about a Norwegian man, claiming that he killed his two children and went to jail. This never happened

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Swedbank refuses transparency in automatic interest calculation

27 February 2025 / article /
Data Subject Rights

Swedish bank Swedbank falsely claims that the logic behind the automatic interest rate calculation is a "trade secret"

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Snap Election faster than German DPAs: Microtargeting continues to influence voters

21 February 2025 / article /
Political Microtargeting, Manipulation & Tracking

The German DPAs still haven't decided in the cases against the use of political microtargeting by German political parties

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WetterOnline sees "disproportionate effort" in complying with the GDPR

12 February 2025 / article /
Data Subject Rights

WetterOnline shares the personal data of its users with more than 800 third-party companies for advertising purposes

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EU Court: Irish DPC must investigate noyb complaint

29 January 2025 / article /
National Administrative Procedures and DPA inactivity

The DPC refused to comply with a binding decision by the EDPB. Instead, the DPC sued the EDPB before the European Courts. The case can now be appealed to the CJEU

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Data Protection Day: Only 1.3% of cases before EU DPAs result in a fine

28 January 2025 / article /
National Administrative Procedures and DPA inactivity

European data protection authorities almost never impose fines for GDPR violations

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US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal

23 January 2025 / article /
Data Transfers

Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.

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TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN & Co surrender Europeans’ data to authoritarian China

16 January 2025 / article /
Data Transfers

Given that China is an authoritarian surveillance state, companies can’t realistically shield EU users’ data from access by the Chinese government

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Austrian data protection authority slammed by CJEU

09 January 2025 / article

The authority wanted to allow a maximum of two complaints per month per complainant. The CJEU has rejected this limit

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Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan!

19 December 2024 / article /
Biometric Data

Ryanair forces new customers to create an account. Also, they must go through a mandatory verification process that can involve facial recognition.

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noyb WIN: Dutch authority fines Netflix €4.75 Million

18 December 2024 / article /
Data Subject Rights

Netflix was fined €4.75 Million based on a noyb complaint from 2019

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Political Microtargeting by EU Commission illegal

13 December 2024 / article /
Political Microtargeting, Manipulation & Tracking

EDPS issues decision finding that the European Commission has illegally targeted advertising at citizens

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BeReal: The app that won’t take no for an answer

12 December 2024 / article /
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

If users refuse to give their consent, BeReal asks them over and over again until they give in

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noyb is now qualified to bring collective redress actions

02 December 2024 / article /
Data Subject Rights

noyb is now approved as so-called "Qualified Entity" to bring collective redress actions in courts throughout the European Union

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German BGH: GDPR compensation for loss of control

19 November 2024 / article /
Data Subject Rights

noyb welcomes yesterday's leading decision of the German Federal Court of Justice in a Facebook case

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Ads: Meta wants to be 'less illegal' - but much more annoying...

12 November 2024 / article /
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

In the battle over the illegal use of personal data for advertisement, Meta has announced another variation: This time Meta will try "less personalized" ads, which may annoy users into consenting.

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Pinterest pins users’ data down - without consent!

22 October 2024 / article /
Online & Mobile tracking

noyb has filed a complaint against Pinterest with the French data protection authority (CNIL)

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Your right to the restriction of processing (Article 18)

21 October 2024 / page

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