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How mobile apps illegally share your personal data
Sep 14, 2023 Some mobile apps share your personal data immediately after they're opened. This isn't compliant with EU privacy laws
Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing
Aug 31, 2023 noyb filed three complaints against Fitbit. The health and fitness company forces new app users to consent to data transfers
Annual Report 2022 out now!
Aug 23, 2023 2022 was the year of major decisions in our long-standing cases on EU-US datatransfers
23 years of illegal data transfers due to inactive DPAs and new EU-US deals
Aug 14, 2023 A new noyb analysis now shows how a combination of inactive DPAs and a new deal by the EU Commission lead to 23 years of privacy violations
5 years of litigation: Meta apparently switches to consent for behavioral ads
Aug 01, 2023 Meta announced they will soon switch to "consent" for behavioral ads. Exactly what consequences this will have remains to be seen
Booking a Ryanair flight through an online travel agent might hold a nasty surprise
Jul 27, 2023 noyb filed a complaint against Ryanair. When booking through an online travel agent, the airline pushes some customers to go through an invasive facial recognition process
Belgian DPA let news outlets buy themselves free from GDPR compliance
Jul 19, 2023 Today, noyb files complaints against 15 Belgian news sites using unlawful cookie banners. Among them are news outlets like RTL Belgium, Het Laatste Nieuws and L'Avenir
Norwegian DPA temporarily bans behavioral advertising on Facebook and Instagram
Jul 17, 2023 The Norwegian DPA is the first national data protection authority declaring behavioral advertising on Meta platforms illegal. noyb welcomes this decision
„Pay or Okay“ on tech news site heise.de illegal, decides German DPA
Jul 14, 2023 The Data Protection Authority of Lower Saxony (LfD) decided that the “Pay or Okay” solution used by heise.de was unlawful
Open Letter: Commissioner Reynders asked to correct unacceptable accusations against NGOs
Jul 11, 2023 EU Commissioner Reynders repeatedly attacked "non-profits" like noyb, alleging they bring cases before the CJEU as a "business model".
European Commission gives EU-US data transfers third round at CJEU
Jul 10, 2023 European Commission announces third "Safe Harbor", without substantial changes. noyb will bring third adequacy decision back to CJEU.
CJEU declares Meta/Facebook's GDPR approach largely illegal
Jul 04, 2023 In today's decision, the CJEU declared Meta/Facebook's GDPR approach largely illegal - similar to noyb's previous litigation before the EDPB leading to a fine of € 390 million.
GDPR Procedures Regulation: "Stripping citizens of procedural rights"
Jul 04, 2023 Today the European Commission has issued a proposal to fix the (lack of) cooperation between some Data Protection Authorities (DPAs). It is a step back - not forwad.
noyb win: First major fine (€ 1 million) for using Google Analytics
Jul 03, 2023 Swedish data protection authority (IMY) issued decisions against four companies and imposed a fine of 12 mio SEK (1 mio Euro) against Tele2 and 300.000 SEK against CDON
Ireland: Corrupt GDPR procedures now "confidential"
Jun 29, 2023 Yesterday, the Irish DPC managed a narrow win in Parliament and got a new law passed that shall make criticism of DPC procedures impossible.
Irish Gov makes critizising Big Tech and Irish DPC a crime!
Jun 26, 2023 The Irish government tries to sneak a provision into the Irish Data Protection Law allowing any part of the procedure being declared "confidential". Legitimate criticism would become a crime.
TeleSign secretly profiles half of the world’s mobile phone users
Jun 23, 2023 TeleSign generates a “reputation score” and sells it to various clients. TeleSign secretly received the mobile phone data from BICS, a Belgian company that provides interconnection services.
Advertising Company CRITEO fined €40 Mio
Jun 22, 2023 CNIL fined CRITEO, the biggest online advertisement and tracking company in Europe €40 Mio based on complaints by noyb and Privacy International.
Spotify fined € 5 Million for GDPR violation
Jun 13, 2023 Following a noyb complaint and litigation over inactivity, the Swedish Data Protection Authoirty (IMY) has issued a fine of about € 5 million against Spotify.