My Privacy is None of Your Business

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.

Google: If you don’t want us to track your phone – just get another tracking ID!

May 13, 2020 Today noyb.eu filed a formal GDPR complaint against Google for tracking users through an “Android Advertising ID” without a valid legal basis.

First European "Corona App" reviewed by noyb, epicenter.works and SBA Research

Apr 21, 2020 Austria: First European "corona app" with 400,000 active users reviewed by noyb, epicenter.works and SBA research. Privacy friendly concept, that can still be improved.

Data protection in times of coronavirus: not a question of if, but of how

Apr 09, 2020 In recent days, the discussions around the use of data to combat the corona pandemic have increased.

Interrupted transmission- zooming in on video conferencing privacy policies

Apr 02, 2020 Video conferencing tools and other remote means of communication make this possible, transforming our homes into our offices.

Netflix & Chill – What streaming services do while you’re on the couch

Mar 31, 2020 Cinemas and theatres are closed but the show must go on, as they say. And the show does go on. There is TV, of course, but also streaming services such as Netflix or Amazon.

Complaint: Amazon doesn’t allow baseline TLS security

Mar 02, 2020 Baseline email security missing. During their route to the recipient, emails are handled by different entities, nodes and service providers.

Facebook witness: 9 ½ hours of “we don’t know”

Feb 26, 2020 After more than 9 hours, the Vienna Regional Court for Civil Matters (LGfZRS) closed the oral hearing in the data protection case against Facebook.

GDPRhub: The new public wiki with local GDPR decisions!

Feb 26, 2020 noyb has published a new database on GDPR decisions and knowlege, to improve the access to GDPR.

Three GDPR Complaints filed against Grindr, Twitter and the AdTech companies Smaato, OpenX, AdColony and AT&T’s AppNexus

Jan 14, 2020 Research by the Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) shows that many smartphone apps send highly personal data to thousands of advertising partners.

CJEU – AG Opinion, First Statement

Dez 19, 2019 Serious doubts over Privacy Shield. Advocate General applies ECHR instead of CFR. Schrems: The opinion follows almost all of our arguments”

Prep – Background on tomorrow’s AG Opinion

Dez 18, 2019 In preparation of the delivery of the non-binding advisory opinion of the Advocate General on December 19th at about 9:45 in Luxemburg, we have compiled the following preparation document.

Say “NO” to cookies – yet see your privacy crumble?

Dez 10, 2019 Cookie banners of large French webpages turn a clear “NO” into “fake consent” noyb.eu files three GDPR complaints with the French Data Protection Regulator (CNIL).

Facebook: We don’t need your consent!

Nov 12, 2019 The world's largest social network believes it has found a way to bypass Europe’s strict privacy laws.

CJEU hears case on EU-US data transfers (Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield)

Jul 08, 2019 Due to a number of requests, we have summarized the key facts of the case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on EU-US data transfers and mass surveillance by the US government.

Austrian Supreme Court: Facebook dismissed

Jun 21, 2019 The Austrian Supreme Court has ultimately rejected all attempts by Facebook to block a model lawsuit on fundamental privacy issues in Vienna now.

BREAKING: CNIL fines Google € 50 Mio based on noyb complaint

Jun 21, 2019 English Press Release (PDF) Key Info The French data protection authority (CNIL) just has announced that it has imposed a record fine of € 50 million on Google for violating the GDPR today.

noyb and Access Now hosted workshop on effective enforcement actions

Jun 05, 2019 noyb and Access Now jointly hosted the workshop “One year after GDPR: Advancing rights through effective enforcement actions” from May 8 to 10 in Vienna.

Irish Supreme Court: Facebook’s application dismissed

May 31, 2019 In the procedure on Facebook’s involvement with the NSA under the so-called “PRISM” surveillance program, the Irish Supreme Court has today decided over an unprecedented application by Facebook.