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noyb WIN: Belgian DPA “settlement” turned into proper legal orders on deceptive cookie banners
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Our Team, Members and Partners
The success of any project depends on a strong, experienced team and a network of partners. We are proud to have assembled a European team with experience in the areas of privacy, data protection, consumer rights and tech.
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About Us
noyb is a donation-funded NGO based in Vienna, Austria working to enforce data protection laws, in particular the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive. At the present, a team of more than 20 legal and IT experts from all over Europe is working to ensure that the fundamental right to privacy is respected by the private sector. More than 5,000 supporting members support our work.
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How we work
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Our General Principles
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Unsere Wasserkraft & KSV 1870: Clean electricity only after a dirty credit check?
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noyb files two complaints against EU Parliament over massive data breach
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8 Years of GDPR: Greek supermarket’s Loyalty Card still not compliant
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Twitter’s AI plans hit with 9 more GDPR complaints
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noyb takes Swedish DPA to court for refusing to properly deal with complaints
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‘Pay or OK’ at DER SPIEGEL: noyb sues Hamburg DPA
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Annual Report 2023 out now!
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Helpful Tips
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Analysis: GDPR Procedural Regulation enters critical phase
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noyb's Consent Banner Report: How authorities actually decide
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Microsoft's Xandr grants GDPR rights at a rate of 0%
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Norwegian court confirms € 5.7 million fine for Grindr
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Fines resulting from noyb litigation
The GDPR gives data protection authorities (DPAs) the power to impose an administrative fine of up to 4% of a company’s annual turnover or € 20 million if they violate the GDPR, depending on which sum is higher.
The purpose of these fines is to deter similar infringements in the future. Although a noyb study found that they are among the most effective enforcement tools available to authorities, significant fines for GDPR violations are extremely rare. The fines go to the country where the proceedings take place, which almost always the country where the fined company has its headquarters.
Since 2018, the following fines have been imposed on the basis of noyb complaints:
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(Preliminary) noyb WIN: Meta stops AI plans in the EU