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Data Protection Day: 41 Years of "Compliance on Paper"?!
Jan 23, 2022 The GDPR is a strong piece of legislation with, so far, weak enforcement. In an overview of our complaints since 2018, noyb wants to show how that lack of enforcement manifests in individual cases.
Data breach in Malta: 65.000 € fine for C-Planet
Jan 20, 2022 IT company illegally collected data on 98% of Maltese voters, including their political preferences.
Austrian DSB: EU-US data transfers to Google Analytics illegal
Jan 13, 2022 In a groundbreaking decision, the Austrian Data Protection Authority has decided on a model case by noyb that the continuous use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR.
EDPS sanctions Parliament over EU-US Data Transfers to Google and Stripe
Jan 11, 2022 The EDPS issued a decision confirming that the European Parliament violated EU data protection law on its COVID website by setting Google and Stripe cookies, among other violations.
Complaint filed: Help! My recruiter is an algorithm!
Dez 22, 2021 noyb has filed a complaint against Amazon because of their dubious e-recruiting practices on their Mechanical Turk platform. Amazon uses automated decision-making to accept or reject workers.
GDPR complaint: Airbnb hosts at the mercy of algorithms
Dez 22, 2021 Complaint against Airbnb: The online market place for vacation rentals downgraded the complainant’s rating as a host, solely through automated decision making.
4th Advent Reading: Facebook fully ignores "Schrems" rulings by Court of Justice
Dez 19, 2021 In today's Advent Reading, we will discussFacebook's 86 page "Transfer Impact Assessment" that ignores two CJEU rulings.
Deep Dive: How Facebook tries to ignore the CJEU - despite two judgments.
Dez 19, 2021 For the privacy geeks, that want to know more than what we have summarized in our 4th Advent Reading, we provide a deeper dive on this page on the four elements of Facebook's TIA.
NCC & noyb GDPR complaint: "Grindr" fined € 6.3 Mio over illegal data sharing
Dez 15, 2021 Today, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of 65 Mio NOK (€ 6.34 Mio or $ 7.17 Mio) on Grindr. The LGBTQI dating app had not received valid consent from users, but had been sharing
Third noyb "Advent Reading" from Facebook/DPC Documents
Dez 12, 2021 In our third advent reading we dive into Facebook's "Record of Processing Activities" and why it is a (bad) joke at best.
noyb and ZDF Magazin Royale are looking for "Target Leaks" data donors!
Dez 10, 2021 We are looking for the 4,000 remaining active "Target Leaks" users and hope they consider donating their Facebook targeting data to noyb.
Second noyb "Advent Reading" from Facebook/DPC Documents
Dez 04, 2021 In our second Advent Reading, we take a Charles Dickens approach to EDPB documents, showing how the DPC has lobbied the EDPB in Facebook's interest to allow their "GDPR bypass".
First noyb "Advent Reading" from Facebook/DPC Documents
Nov 28, 2021 Our First "Advent Reading" focuses on the right to access to documents and Facebook’s attempts to suppress documents and undermined the right to be heard of others.
Irish DPC removes noyb from GDPR procedure - Criminal report filed
Nov 23, 2021 DPC demanded noyb to sign an "non-disclosure agreement" benefiting Facebook and the DPC in direct exchange for granting noyb procedural rights. We now filed a corruption report.
Cell phone data not "personal"? noyb appeals to federal administrative court
Nov 15, 2021 According to Austrian DPA phone provider A1 can refuse to provide information since data on the cell phone is not "personal". noyb appeals decision.
Want your Grindr data? Show your ID and take a selfie!
Nov 11, 2021 Complaint against Grindr: in order for users to access their data, Grindr requires users to identify in maybe the most grotesque way imaginable:
"Black box" Amazon: algorithm discriminates customers
Oct 21, 2021 Another complaint against Amazon Europe: a customer made an access request to find out why he was denied certain payment options; he did not receive a reply.
Illegal credit scores: noyb to amplify pressure
Oct 18, 2021 Diverting direct marketing data to assess creditworthiness is unlawful and needs to stop. noyb filed a complaint against CRIF Bürgel and Acxiom who have been engaging in such practices.
DPC "requires" noyb to take down documents from website
Oct 15, 2021 We have invited the DPC to continue this debate in courts, as there is no legal basis for censoring a non-profit when criticizing an authority.