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First decision on noyb’s streaming complaints

Sep 16, 2020 In cooperation with the Austrian Chamber of Labour, noyb filed eight complaints against streaming services. A first decision has now been issued: more than one and a half years after the complaint.

Irish High Court: Judicial Review against DPC admitted

Sep 14, 2020 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.

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

Sep 09, 2020 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.

Annual Report for 2018-2019

Sep 08, 2020 Do you want to know more about all our activities in the past two years? Check our Annual Report for 2018 and 2019 to find out more about all our activities, our finances and our team.

Video: Max Schrems at the Hearing of the European Parliament on EU-US Data Transfers

Sep 04, 2020 On September 3rd, our honorary chairman, Max Schrems, participated in a hearing of the European Parliament.

101 Complaints on EU-US transfers filed

Aug 17, 2020 noyb has filed complaints against 101 EU controllers and the US entity of Google and Facebook over continuous EU-US data transfers.

Credit Scoring: Negative credit rating generated without data

Aug 04, 2020 noyb files complaint against CRIF. "Pulling a name from a hat is fairer than these credit scores".

DPC has no clear time line on enforcing CJEU judgement

Jul 28, 2020 Following the CJEU's judgment on EU-US data transfers by Facebook, we requested that the Irish DPC take action. The DPC's first response indicates that it is unwilling to commit to a clear time frame.

Next Steps for users & FAQs

Jul 24, 2020 On this page we have summarized the options for users that want to stop their data being transferred to the United States after the CJEU judgment in C-311/18 ("Schrems II").

Next Steps for EU companies & FAQs

Jul 20, 2020 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.

CJEU Judgment - First Statement

Jul 16, 2020 Here you can find the first reaction to the CJEU case on EU-US data transfers.

FAQs on the CJEU case

Jul 12, 2020 We have put together some general questions and answers on the CJEU judgement that will be delivered on July 16th on EU-US data transfers.

Judicial Review against DPC over slow procedure granted

Jul 06, 2020 Irish High Court grants leave in case against Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) over extremely slow GDPR complaints procedures.

Vienna Judge delivers "non-judgment" in Facebook case

Jul 01, 2020 Despite diving into detailed facts about Facebook's illegal data use, no real analysis under the GDPR was undertaken. The judge apparently wanted to leave these issues to the Superior Courts.

EDPB responds to open letter on “confidential” dealings in Facebook case

Jun 24, 2020 In May, we published an open letter describing the Irish DPA’s (DPC) “Kafkaesque” procedure for its handling of the Facebook case. Now, we received an answer by the EDPB.

€50 million fine for Google confirmed by French Court

Jun 19, 2020 Google loses appeal against CNIL – €50 million fine is confirmed by the Conseil d’Etat

A1: "Where were you? None of your business!"

Jun 15, 2020 noyb.eu filed a complaint against A1Telekom Austria, the national network operator, as they refuse to provide traffic and location data to customers. A1 also uses this data for motion analysis.

Massive political data leak in Malta

May 27, 2020 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,.

Open Letter on “confidential” dealings in Facebook case

May 24, 2020 DPC had "confidential" meetings with Facebook on bypassing the GDPR before it became applicable in 2018. noyb disclosed the details after two years of a Kafkaesque procedure.

“Siri: Are you recording me?” “No, but I am listening to you”

May 20, 2020 After lack of reaction: former Apple employee presents letter to DPAs, asking them to investigate Siri recording the users. noyb.eu will be looking into the case.