NOYB enforces your right to privacy everyday My Privacy is None of Your Business News Data Protection Day: Are Europeans really protected? Jan 27, 2023 European Data Protection Day commemorates the signing of the first European data protection framework in 1981. Today, the GDPR is meant to enable citizens to exercise their right to privacy. Location data is personal data - noyb wins appeal against Spanish DPA Jan 25, 2023 The Spanish Courts annulled a past decision by the Spanish DPA. The AEPD had previously argued that Virgin telco had lawfully denied its customers access to their location data. Data Protection Authorities support noyb's call for fair yes/no cookie banners Jan 24, 2023 A task force within the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued a draft report in reaction noyb's 700 cookie banner complaints. Just € 5,5 Million on WhatsApp. DPC finally gives the finger to EDPB. Jan 19, 2023 Following Facebook and Instagram, a third decision on WhatsApp was issued. The DPC seems to have limited the case to "service improvement" and "security" - ignoring the core issues. Irish Data Protection Authority gives € 3.97 billion present to Meta. Jan 17, 2023 The DPC has turned a blind eye on the revenue generated by Meta from violating the GDPR since 2018. Ignoring the EDPB demand to include the unlawful revenue of Meta, reduced the fine by 3,97 Mrd EUR. Meta Advertising Ban - Decision Published Jan 11, 2023 You can now read the details of the DPC decision! It seems interesting times lie before us in the Courts! BREAKING: Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertising Jan 04, 2023 After almost five years, the Irish DPC decided on a noyb complaint and required Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to stop using the personal data of users for advertisement in the EU. Statement on EU Comission adequacy decision on US Dez 13, 2022 Our short statement on the draft of an EU-US adequacy decision by the European Commission. noyb win: Personalized Ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp declared illegal Dez 06, 2022 The EDPB has decided that three Meta Apps (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) did not have a legal basis to process user data since May 2018. Meta's legal trick has been rejected. GDPR Rights in Sweden: Court confirms that authority must investigate complaints. Nov 09, 2022 The Stockholm administrative court held that a complainant under Article 77 GDPR has the right to request a decision from the Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) after six months. Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?! Oct 27, 2022 More and more websites have added an option to say “no” to cookies and other tracking- as foreseen by the GDPR. Where did this trend come from? Two are better than one?! Profil.at strikes back with forced banner, when users make the "wrong" choice. Oct 20, 2022 Complaint against the news magazine Profil: If you want to visit profil.at, you can reject all cookies in the first step. If you do so, however, a second banner pops up. Alarming: Court of Justice may severely limit enforcement of European’s privacy rights Oct 13, 2022 The Advocate General of the CJEU has issued a non-binding opinion, aiming to limit one of the last potential avenues for users to enforce their privacy rights under the GDPR. Legal Analysis: No non-material damages for GDPR violations? Oct 12, 2022 Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona issued his Opinion on CJEU case C-300/21 (UI v. Österreichische Post AG), the first of several preliminary ruling requests on the topic of damages for GDPR violations New US Executive Order unlikely to satisfy EU law Oct 07, 2022 Today, the US government published an executive order, allegedly limiting US surveillance. This is a first statement by noyb. 6 Months of "agreement in principle", EU-US agreement in fact still missing Sep 25, 2022 6 months ago, EU Commission President von der Leyen and US President Biden announced an agreement on EU-US data transfers "in principle". Until this day, there is still no agreement. Gmail creates “Spam Emails”, despite CJEU judgment Aug 24, 2022 Today, noyb.eu filed a complaint against Google with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL). The tech giant has repeatedly ignored the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling on direct marketing 226 complaints lodged against deceptive cookie banners Aug 09, 2022 Final round on “One Trust” cookie banners: 226 complaints lodged by noyb against deceptive cookie banners that are still not complying with GDPR requirements. Annual Report 2021 out now! Jul 21, 2022 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. Second € 20 Mio Fine for Clearview AI Jul 13, 2022 The company can no longer process biometric data of people in Greece and must delete all existing data. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Data Protection Day: Are Europeans really protected? Jan 27, 2023 European Data Protection Day commemorates the signing of the first European data protection framework in 1981. Today, the GDPR is meant to enable citizens to exercise their right to privacy.
Location data is personal data - noyb wins appeal against Spanish DPA Jan 25, 2023 The Spanish Courts annulled a past decision by the Spanish DPA. The AEPD had previously argued that Virgin telco had lawfully denied its customers access to their location data.
Data Protection Authorities support noyb's call for fair yes/no cookie banners Jan 24, 2023 A task force within the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued a draft report in reaction noyb's 700 cookie banner complaints.
Just € 5,5 Million on WhatsApp. DPC finally gives the finger to EDPB. Jan 19, 2023 Following Facebook and Instagram, a third decision on WhatsApp was issued. The DPC seems to have limited the case to "service improvement" and "security" - ignoring the core issues.
Irish Data Protection Authority gives € 3.97 billion present to Meta. Jan 17, 2023 The DPC has turned a blind eye on the revenue generated by Meta from violating the GDPR since 2018. Ignoring the EDPB demand to include the unlawful revenue of Meta, reduced the fine by 3,97 Mrd EUR.
Meta Advertising Ban - Decision Published Jan 11, 2023 You can now read the details of the DPC decision! It seems interesting times lie before us in the Courts!
BREAKING: Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertising Jan 04, 2023 After almost five years, the Irish DPC decided on a noyb complaint and required Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to stop using the personal data of users for advertisement in the EU.
Statement on EU Comission adequacy decision on US Dez 13, 2022 Our short statement on the draft of an EU-US adequacy decision by the European Commission.
noyb win: Personalized Ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp declared illegal Dez 06, 2022 The EDPB has decided that three Meta Apps (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) did not have a legal basis to process user data since May 2018. Meta's legal trick has been rejected.
GDPR Rights in Sweden: Court confirms that authority must investigate complaints. Nov 09, 2022 The Stockholm administrative court held that a complainant under Article 77 GDPR has the right to request a decision from the Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) after six months.
Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?! Oct 27, 2022 More and more websites have added an option to say “no” to cookies and other tracking- as foreseen by the GDPR. Where did this trend come from?
Two are better than one?! Profil.at strikes back with forced banner, when users make the "wrong" choice. Oct 20, 2022 Complaint against the news magazine Profil: If you want to visit profil.at, you can reject all cookies in the first step. If you do so, however, a second banner pops up.
Alarming: Court of Justice may severely limit enforcement of European’s privacy rights Oct 13, 2022 The Advocate General of the CJEU has issued a non-binding opinion, aiming to limit one of the last potential avenues for users to enforce their privacy rights under the GDPR.
Legal Analysis: No non-material damages for GDPR violations? Oct 12, 2022 Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona issued his Opinion on CJEU case C-300/21 (UI v. Österreichische Post AG), the first of several preliminary ruling requests on the topic of damages for GDPR violations
New US Executive Order unlikely to satisfy EU law Oct 07, 2022 Today, the US government published an executive order, allegedly limiting US surveillance. This is a first statement by noyb.
6 Months of "agreement in principle", EU-US agreement in fact still missing Sep 25, 2022 6 months ago, EU Commission President von der Leyen and US President Biden announced an agreement on EU-US data transfers "in principle". Until this day, there is still no agreement.
Gmail creates “Spam Emails”, despite CJEU judgment Aug 24, 2022 Today, noyb.eu filed a complaint against Google with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL). The tech giant has repeatedly ignored the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling on direct marketing
226 complaints lodged against deceptive cookie banners Aug 09, 2022 Final round on “One Trust” cookie banners: 226 complaints lodged by noyb against deceptive cookie banners that are still not complying with GDPR requirements.
Annual Report 2021 out now! Jul 21, 2022 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.
Second € 20 Mio Fine for Clearview AI Jul 13, 2022 The company can no longer process biometric data of people in Greece and must delete all existing data.