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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? | Continue reading
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. | Continue reading
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. | Continue reading
Today, the US government published an executive order, allegedly limiting US surveillance. This is a first statement by noyb. | Continue reading
Final round on “One Trust” cookie banners: 226 complaints lodged by noyb against deceptive cookie banners that are still not complying with GDPR requirements. | Continue reading
The Swedish DPA (IMY) refuses to take a decision on a GDPR complaint, claiming that the user is not a party to his own rights. Today, noyb files an appeal. | Continue reading
A customer made an access request to receive his location data which was refused by Virgin Telco. The AEPD sided with the company. noyb files appeal. | Continue reading
When the GDPR became applicable on 25 May 2018, it was perceived as a watershed moment. The past 4 years have shown that a law alone does not change business models. | Continue reading
While some DPAs thoroughly investigated noyb's 101 cases on EU-US Data Transfers, others just started dismissing cases for questionalbe reason. Is the coordinated effort promoted by the EDPB failing? | Continue reading
IT-company C-planet leaked personal data of almost the whole Maltese voting population. A new complaint by noyb aims to reveal the source of the data that C-Planet has, as of now, kept silent about. | Continue reading
Today Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Biden have announced a new EU-US data sharing system. | Continue reading
Amazon using tracking data against its own employees? Workers from five European countries now filed access requests against the E-commerce giant to find out what happens with their personal data. | Continue reading
The company may no longer process biometric data of people in Italy and must delete all existing data. | Continue reading
noyb launched the second round of its action against deceptive cookie banners. The first wave already brought visible improvements in banner design. | Continue reading
CNIL considers transfer illegal and has ordered the website to comply with the GDPR. | Continue reading
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 | Continue reading
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". | Continue reading
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. | Continue reading
Schrems: “Decision undermines key element of GDPR.” | Continue reading
First Statement by Max Schrems | Continue reading
noyb filed complaints against the cookie paywalls of seven major German speaking news websites | Continue reading
Today we filed 422 + 36 complaints on "cookie banners" with ten European Data Protection Authorities. | Continue reading
The Austrian Supreme Court referred fundamental questions about Facebook's GDPR compliance to European Court of Justice and issued a partial judgment on damages and access to data. | Continue reading
noyb publishes a proposal for an automatic browser signal to eliminate obsolete cookie banners. "ADPC" demonstrates a user-friendly European solution for privacy choices. | Continue reading
Today, noyb.eu sent over 500 draft complaints to companies who use unlawful cookie banners - making it the largest wave of complaints since the GDPR came into force. | Continue reading
Today, noyb.eu sent over 500 draft complaints to companies who use unlawful cookie banners - making it the largest wave of complaints since the GDPR came into force. | Continue reading
The Irish High Court has delivered its judgment on Facebook's Judicial Review against a second investigation into EU-US data transfers by the DPC. | Continue reading
DPC acknowledges in Irish Parliament hearing it "handles" GDPR complaints by not deciding about them, in violation of EU law. DPC also attacks criticism by EU Parliament and other EU authorities. | Continue reading
Austrian Supreme Court may refer case to Court of Justice, questioning the basis of Facebook's business model in Europe. | Continue reading
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority confirmed that Grindr did not receive valid consent from users and announces a fine of 100 Mio NOK (€ 9.63 Mio) on Grindr. | Continue reading
We filed an appeal against two decisions of the Luxemburg Data Protection Authority on a fundamental matter: the authority dismissed two complaints lodged against US-based data controllers. | Continue reading
Facebook lost and won appeal: It must give full access to all data and pay €500, but may use data without consent of the user. | Continue reading
Online tracking identifiers (“cookies”) are well-known and highly controversial. Apple even introduced functions in their browser to block cookies – but who has ever heard about “IDFA”? | Continue reading
noyb has filed complaints against 101 EU controllers and the US entity of Google and Facebook over continuous EU-US data transfers. | Continue reading
The Standard Clauses are valid but can no longer be used by Facebook and similar companies for the transfer to the US and any other country the national law of which is violating the right to privacy. | Continue reading
Here you can find the first reaction to the CJEU case on EU-US data transfers. | Continue reading
DPC had "confidential" meetings with Facebook on bypassing the GDPR before it became applicable in 2018. noyb discloses the details after two years of a Kafkaesque procedure. | Continue reading
Today noyb.eu filed a formal GDPR complaint against Google for tracking users through an “Android Advertising ID” without a valid legal basis. | Continue reading
Europe already has stringent privacy and consumer protection laws but lacks effective enforcement of your digital rights. Our goal is to make privacy a reality for everyone. Join now and #InvestInPrivacy! | Continue reading