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⚖️ noyb ("none of your business") is a non-profit association committed to the legal enforcement of European data protection laws. 🇪🇺

🏛️ So far, noyb has filed more than 900 cases against numerous intentional infringements - including companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook/Meta and Amazon. 🧑‍⚖️ As of 2025, noyb's litigation is responsible for more than €2 billion in administrative fines.

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2026-04-04 06:00:10 UTC

⚖️ Looking for an exciting path into litigation, #IT #law and digital rights? We’ve got you covered! We are seeking bright new people to support our work for #privacy and #GDPR enforcement from November 2026 onwards. 📆
❗ You are interested and hold a law degree from an EEA university? 🇪🇺 Apply now! https://noyb.eu/en/traineeship
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2026-04-01 06:36:47 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@noybeu/114262003439129906
Ready for another joke? 🥁
The Irish Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for most major technology companies ( #Meta, #Google, #Apple, #OpenAI, #Microsoft,...) actually imposes fines in just 0.26% of the cases it handles. And even when a fine is imposed, the money is almost never collected. 🤡
#HappyAprilFools
#note1td4…z4g8

2026-03-21 10:00:07 UTC

🗞️☕ Are you looking for an interesting weekend read? noyb recently conducted a survey among privacy professionals to find out what kind of #GDPR simplification #European companies actually need.
🔍 One of the key findings was that most professionals don’t actually want protections to be cut back, but for documentation duties and #paperwork to be reduced. In many cases, they even ask for clearer laws instead of more ‘flexibility’.
👇 Find the full survey below 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/gdpr-omnibus-eu-simplification-far-removed-real-business-needs

2026-03-13 13:11:07 UTC

⚖️ Following a complaint filed by noyb and Privacy International, the online advertising and tracking company #CRITEO was fined €40 million for breaching the GDPR. The Conseil d’État has now rejected the company’s appeal and upheld the fine.
Read more 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/conseil-detat-upholds-criteos-eu40m-gdpr-fine

2026-03-04 13:00:42 UTC

⚖️ Companies are trying to use #pseudonyms to get out of GDPR compliance. This could soon be made easier – at least if the EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus passes. Watch now to learn more!
👤 featuring data protection lawyer Levan Lobzhanidze
#GDPR #EU
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2026-02-28 14:01:48 UTC

⚖️ A proposed change to the definition of personal data could soon make it easier for #BigTech to bypass European privacy laws – at least if the EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus passes.
Watch now to learn more and stay tuned for further videos! 👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/bGn8084RFZA
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2026-02-26 10:51:25 UTC

🇪🇺 It could soon become easier for companies to train their #AI on your data – at least if the #EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus proposal passes. 🤖
👤 featuring data protection lawyer and AI specialist Kleanthi Sardeli
#law #lawyer #GDPR #privacy #dataprotection #EC
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2026-02-21 07:00:07 UTC

🇪🇺🚌 With the #EU Parliament and Council ramping up their work on the #DigitalOmnibus, noyb continues to fight for changes to preserve your privacy rights.
🤝 You can help us by becoming a Supporting Member! Learn more ➤ noyb.eu/en/support-us
#MakePrivacyReality
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2026-02-12 10:01:08 UTC

The EDPB and the EDPS published a joint opinion expressing serious concerns about key elements of the proposed GDPR and ePrivacy changes in the so-called “Digital Omnibus”.
Read our statement here 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-eu-dpas-reject-many-proposed-changes-gdpr

2026-02-06 12:33:05 UTC

📺 Max #Schrems war für die Frage "Wie gefährlich ist Europas Abhängigkeit von #US-Techgiganten?" im ORF Wirtschaftsmagazin Eco zu Gast. Der Beitrag ist bis 28.07. in der Mediathek abrufbar.
Jetzt ansehen 👉 https://on.orf.at/video/14309285/16025335/microsoft-google-co-wie-gefaehrlich-ist-europas-abhaengigkeit-von-us-techgiganten
#Europa #USA #EU

2026-01-29 10:00:08 UTC

🎒🍪 "#Microsoft installed tracking cookies on a schoolgirl's computer without her consent, thereby accessing personal #data. In 2024, the schoolgirl filed complaints about this together with #noyb." (from German)
👉 Read more: https://netzpolitik.org/2026/oesterreichische-datenschutzbehoerde-microsoft-hat-illegal-minderjaehrige-getrackt/

2026-01-28 11:00:07 UTC

🧑‍⚖️🍪 #Microsoft has been found to have unlawfully placed tracking #cookies on the devices of a child without their #consent, following a complaint to the Austrian data protection authority. 🇦🇹
🗞️ Read more: https://www.euractiv.com/news/microsoft-unlawfully-placed-tracking-cookies-on-childs-devices/

2026-01-28 08:19:07 UTC

🎉 Happy Data Protection Day! We took today as an opportunity to debunk five common misconceptions about data protection and the GDPR.
Read all about it here:
https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-day-5-misconceptions-about-data-protection-debunked

2026-01-27 14:00:07 UTC

🍪 "Die Datenschutzbehörde (DSB) hat den Einsatz von Tracking-Cookies ohne Einwilligung im Zusammenhang mit der Microsoft-Software 365 Education für rechtswidrig erklärt. Damit liege eine unrechtmäßige Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten vor."
Lies mehr: https://orf.at/stories/3418362/

2026-01-27 07:34:07 UTC

🎉 First WIN of 2026: the Austrian DPA has ordered Microsoft to stop tracking school children
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-ordered-stop-tracking-school-children

2026-01-26 14:40:10 UTC

🚌 It could soon become easier for companies to access data on your device – at least if the #EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus proposal passes. Watch now to find out how this could affect you and how you can put a stop to it. Stay tuned for more!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vbIMWvJ3uKo

2026-01-24 07:00:09 UTC

🇪🇺🚌 With the #EU Parliament and Council ramping up their work on the #DigitalOmnibus, noyb continues to fight for changes to preserve your privacy rights.
🤝 You can help us by becoming a Supporting Member! Learn more ➤ noyb.eu/en/support-us
#MakePrivacyReality
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2026-01-22 10:23:08 UTC

🇩🇰 The #DK #DPA also states that, because the website (unsurprisingly) changed since #2022, they will not investigate the matter further. 🍪 This disregards the possibility that the complainant's #data may still be processed illegally, which was neither checked nor remedied.
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2026-01-20 14:16:04 UTC

📃🚌 We have just published version 2.0 of our report on the #DigitalOmnibus, now including recommendations for EU legislators on each of the most important articles, including whether the proposed changes should be rejected or retained.
Read more here 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-report-v2-analysis-select-gdpr-and-eprivacy-proposals-commission

2026-01-19 11:00:07 UTC

🇪🇺 "The #EU's #DigitalOmnibus has been the subject of much criticism since the autumn. Two NGOs have now meticulously compared the planned changes with the lobbying activities of these companies in #Brussels in recent years." (from German)
🗞️ Read more: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000304601/wie-tech-unternehmen-der-eu-kommission-die-aufweichung-der-digitalgesetze-diktierten

2026-01-12 14:32:05 UTC

📺 Max #Schrems examines the grim reality of digital enforcement and explores how politically appointed regulators enable a "shameless game" of endless court delays, effectively shielding organizations that can easily out-spend and out-wait regulators.
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8OLb0Hh5dQ&list=PLqReHcgWsQNvxfemAE51CzaAEwnj5RoDN

2025-12-21 07:00:05 UTC

📰⚖️ "Meta muss Nutzern aus der EU innerhalb von 14 Tagen vollständigen Zugriff auf alle persönlichen Daten gewähren. Das hat der Oberste Gerichtshof (OGH) am Donnerstag entschieden. Die Klage war 2014 von noyb-Gründer Max Schrems eingebracht worden."
🔗 https://www.nachrichten.at/panorama/web/ogh-meta-muss-eu-nutzern-vollen-zugriff-auf-ihre-daten-gewaehren;art122,4119784

2025-12-20 11:00:08 UTC

🇦🇹 "Austria's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered #Meta to provide an online #privacy rights campaigner with access to all of his personal data within two weeks, after a marathon 11-year legal battle. #Schrems was awarded €500 in damages." 🧑‍⚖️
Read more: https://www.barrons.com/news/austria-rules-against-meta-in-marathon-online-privacy-case-312b11e7

2025-12-19 11:00:08 UTC

🇪🇺🧑‍⚖️"Austria's Supreme Court has ruled that #Meta's personalised advertising model is unlawful, requiring the company to provide #EU users full access to their personal data within 14 days of a request."
Read more 👉 https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/austrias-top-court-rules-metas-ad-model-illegal-orders-overhaul-user-data-2025-12-18/

2025-12-19 09:28:06 UTC

📰🇪🇺 "#Meta must grant users from the #EU full access to all personal data within 14 days, according to the Austrian Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed by Max #Schrems in 2014." (from German)
Read more 👉 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000301427/ogh-meta-muss-eu-nutzern-vollen-zugriff-auf-ihre-daten-gew228hren

2025-12-18 14:40:04 UTC

noyb WIN: The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled that Meta must give users full access to their data. All of Meta's claims of trade secrets or other limitations were rejected, leading to unprecedented access to the inner workings of Meta.
https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-supreme-court-meta-must-give-users-full-access-their-data

2025-12-18 13:00:07 UTC

📰 "noyb said TikTok tracked a particular user's Grindr activity via data firm AppsFlyer, raising concerns about breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."
Reuters on our most recent complaints against TikTok and Grindr:
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/tiktok-monitored-grindr-activity-through-third-party-tracker-privacy-group-2025-12-17/

2025-12-17 10:00:05 UTC

📰 „Beim Datenschutz ist Deutschland inzwischen dem Silicon Valley näher als dem Rest der EU“: Max Schrems hat ein ausführliches Interview mit Netzpolitik.org geführt.
Hier nachlesen 👇
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/dsgvo-reform-beim-datenschutz-ist-deutschland-inzwischen-dem-silicon-valley-naeher-als-dem-rest-der-eu/

2025-12-17 07:25:06 UTC

🚨 noyb has filed complaints against #TikTok and #Grindr. As it turns out, TikTok even tracks you while you're using other apps. For example, TikTok was able to track a person’s Grindr usage - which allows it to draw conclusions about his sexual orientation and sex life
👉 https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-unlawfully-tracks-your-shopping-habits-and-your-use-dating-apps

2025-12-10 13:38:05 UTC

⚖️ In light of the upcoming US #SupremeCourt ruling in #Trump v. Slaughter, we took a detailed look at the implications for US-EU #datatransfers. In short: It's time for EU companies to prepare for more trouble to come.
https://noyb.eu/en/eu-us-data-transfers-time-prepare-next-breakup

2025-12-07 12:00:07 UTC

🕵️ noyb is #hiring!
🔎 We are currently looking for a Full Stack Developer and an IT-Project Manager.
For more information, click here 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/jobs
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
#railsjob #techjob #rubyonrails #devjob

2025-12-07 08:00:04 UTC

☕ Are you still looking for an interesting Sunday read? Our report on the recently proposed #DigitalOmnibus might be a good fit! It compares existing law with the #EUCommission's proposal and compiles all our insights. 📃
👇 Read the full report here 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-first-analysis-select-gdpr-and-eprivacy-proposals-commission

2025-12-06 09:00:07 UTC

🇪🇺🚨 Given the significant changes the #GDPR is facing, we will need to dedicate more and more resources to ensure that your fundamental #rights are preserved and that #enforcement remains feasible.
Want to help us? Learn how 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/support-us
#LetsMakePrivacyReality #DigitalOmnibus #EU
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2025-12-05 08:00:05 UTC

💼 Vacant position: #IT-Project Manager #Legal #Tech
🔎 Are you looking for a meaningful and high-impact #job in a diverse, pan-European team?
Find all important information about this position here 👉 https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2025-12/Onepager_job-IT-Project%20Manager%20Legal%20Tech.pdf
✉️ Apply now and join the noyb team in Vienna!

2025-12-04 12:30:04 UTC

💼 noyb is #hiring! We are currently looking for a full-stack #developer for our team in Vienna! 🇦🇹 👇
Find all important information about this position here 👉 https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2025-12/Onepager_job_tech_v2025.pdf
✉️ Apply now! We are looking forward to hearing from you!
#rubyonrails #devjob #techjobs

2025-12-04 09:00:06 UTC

🍪🇪🇺 Pay or Okay systems require payment if you want to reject #cookies, nudging 99.9% of users to consent. Given the upcoming guidelines by the #EDPB on this highly controversial approach, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices.
Read it here 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-study-users-prefer-tracking-free-third-option

2025-12-01 13:00:06 UTC

📃 noyb has compiled a 71-page report on the Digital Omnibus proposal. In it, we discuss relevant changes to the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive. We also discuss the impact on data subjects, authorities and controllers.
Full report 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-first-analysis-select-gdpr-and-eprivacy-proposals-commission

2025-11-26 15:00:06 UTC

📺 Our team did a deep dive into the #DigitalOmnibus. This video discusses the issues regarding (1) the personal data definition, (2) the new "research" exemption, (3) limitations to transparency rules and (4) the new "access to terminal equipment" rules.
https://youtu.be/-pv9gamS9sQ?si=Wo0lB1cZv6dLV9Uk

2025-11-25 10:00:06 UTC

🚨 Today, the EU Commission will present the #DigitalOmnibus to the European Parliament (EP) for the first time. We urge the EP to oppose any changes that would undermine the fundamental right to privacy.
All the details on the planned GDPR reform 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-eu-commission-wants-wreck-core-gdpr-principles

2025-11-22 16:00:08 UTC

🗞️ "This is the biggest attack on Europeans' digital rights in years. When the #commission states that it 'maintains the highest standards', it clearly is incorrect," Austrian privacy activist Max #Schrems said."
Read more 👉 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-proposes-softening-ai-and-data-privacy-regulations/a-74813949

2025-11-21 16:00:06 UTC

🇪🇺 "This is the biggest attack on European's digital rights in years," said Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems "When the Commission states that it 'maintains the highest standards', it clearly is incorrect. It proposes to undermine these standards."
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/europes-ready-to-dilute-its-tough-rules-on-privacy-you-can-blame-ai-for-that/

2025-11-20 16:00:08 UTC

📰 "#Privacy reforms face opposition from center and left groups but is welcomed by the right."
Read the full article, including various reactions to the "#DigitalOmnibus" proposal, here: 👉 https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-parliament-showdown-digital-red-tape-crusade/
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2025-11-19 13:17:05 UTC

❗🇪🇺 The ‘Digital Omnibus’ has now been officially presented by the European #Commission.👀 Read all about what this means for the #GDPR on our website 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-eu-commission-wants-wreck-core-gdpr-principles

2025-11-19 10:43:06 UTC

📰 "With the 'Digital Omnibus', the #Commission claims to reduce burdens and simplify regulation for businesses. However, this premise rests on a misleading assumption: that Europe’s #innovation is being held back by excessive regulation."
Read more 👉 https://epicenter.works/en/content/digital-omnibus-when-simplification-becomes-a-security-risk

2025-11-15 07:00:06 UTC

🚨🇪🇺 The #EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive #GDPR reform. This could have significant impact on your fundamental right to #privacy.
🤝 noyb is doing everything it can to prevent this outcome. You can support us by becoming a Supporting Member! Learn more 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/support-us
#MakePrivacyReality
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2025-11-14 16:00:05 UTC

🇪🇺 "I am surprised and concerned that the GDPR is being reopened and weakened at its core […]"
💬 Read the full article, including comments from Max Schrems and Markéta Gregorová, who is a European Parliament negotiator on the issue 👉 https://www.brusselstimes.com/1835654/secret-eu-plans-to-allow-big-tech-to-train-ai-with-our-personal-data

2025-11-14 11:00:05 UTC

🗞️ "In this moment of crisis, #Europe should not cripple its best weapon against #US tech dominance, but enforce its laws, defend its sovereignty, create the space for innovation, and prove that democracy can tame Silicon Valley."
Read more 👉 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/12/eu-gdpr-data-law-us-tech-giants-digital

2025-11-14 06:00:06 UTC

📰 "Bereits Anfang der Woche hatte Max Schrems vor einem Kahlschlag für die Grundrechte in Europa gewarnt […]. In einem ersten Brief hatten noyb, der Irish Council for Civil Liberties und EDRi schon am Montag nicht mit Kritik gespart."
Lies mehr 👉 https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitaler-omnibus-groesster-rueckschritt-fuer-digitale-grundrechte-in-der-geschichte-der-eu/

2025-11-13 08:07:04 UTC

✍️🇪🇺 noyb has signed an open letter alongside 126 other civil society organisations, trade unions and defenders of the public interest, urging the EU Commission to rethink its plans regarding the Digital Omnibus proposal.
👀 Read the full document here: https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2025-11/The%20EU%20must%20uphold%20hard-won%20protections%20for%20digital%20human%20rights.pdf

2025-11-12 15:00:12 UTC

🚨 The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive GDPR reform. This could have significant impact on your fundamental right to privacy.
noyb is doing everything it can to prevent this outcome. You can support us by becoming a Supporting Member!! Learn more 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/support-us
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2025-11-12 06:00:07 UTC

📰 "The #EU Commission plans to present the 'Digital Omnibus'. Internal drafts indicate that relaxations in data protection are being considered. noyb sounded the alarm, warning of a frontal attack on #privacy." 🇪🇺 (from German)
👀 Read more: https://orf.at/stories/3411082/

2025-11-11 14:18:22 UTC

✂️ The #EU Commission has set in motion a potentially massive #GDPR reform. Officially, the changes should only include targeted adjustments for several laws. In reality, the current draft would randomly mow down people's #privacy rights.
👉 Read more: https://noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about-wreck-core-principles-gdpr
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2025-11-11 12:51:46 UTC

🚨✉️ noyb has joined forces with @npub1w4r…8cxz and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to send an open letter to the EU Commission concerning the Digital Omnibus.
⚖️ We are seriously concerned about the potential threat that the internal draft poses to Europeans' fundamental rights.
Among other things, the Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the hashtag#GDPR.
More information here:
https://noyb.eu/en/open-letter-digital-omnibus-brings-deregulation-not-simplification

2025-11-10 12:40:04 UTC

⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.
👀 Read more here 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about-wreck-core-principles-gdpr

2025-10-29 07:34:05 UTC

🗨️ "Austrian privacy group noyb said on Tuesday it has filed a criminal complaint in Austria, accusing U.S.-based Clearview AI of illegally collecting photos and videos of European Union residents to build its facial-recognition database."
More Info:
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/clearview-ai-faces-criminal-complaint-austria-suspected-privacy-violations-2025-10-28/

2025-10-28 07:58:04 UTC

⚖️🚨 Today, noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI. Despite several bans and fines, Clearview hasn't changed its illegal practices. If successful, Clearview AI and its executives could face jail time and be held personally liable.
https://noyb.eu/en/criminal-complaint-against-facial-recognition-company-clearview-ai

2025-10-17 05:00:06 UTC

🥳 Have you heard of the most recent noyb #WIN? The DSB issued a decision finding that #Microsoft365Education illegally tracks students.
💬 Read more here (includes a #comment from a Microsoft spokesperson): https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/13/microsoft_365_education_gdpr/

2025-10-14 05:00:06 UTC

🗞️ "Austria's DPA […] ruled that #Microsoft illegally tracked students using its education software by failing to give them access to their data and using cookies without consent. The decision […] came in response to a 2024 complaint lodged by noyb"
👉 https://therecord.media/microsoft-violated-eu-law-austria

2025-10-13 10:00:04 UTC

📰🧒 "The DSB, #Austria’s data protection authority, has ruled that #Microsoft is illegally #tracking students with Microsoft 365 Education and uses student data for its own purposes."
Read the full article, including a comment by Max Schrems here 👉 https://cybernews.com/privacy/microsoft-may-not-track-school-children-austrian-dpa-says/

2025-10-11 06:00:04 UTC

🍪 "#Noyb said that #Microsoft365Education installed cookies that collect browser data and are used for advertising purposes, a practice likely affecting millions of students and teachers across Europe."
📰 Read more 👉 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251010-austria-finds-microsoft-illegally-tracked-students-privacy-campaign-group

2025-10-10 07:15:05 UTC

🎉 Big #WIN for student privacy! 🔒 Austria’s DPA has issued a decision finding that #Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks pupils and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes.
📰 Read the full blog post, including a comment by Max #Schrems 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-365-education-tracks-school-children

2025-10-01 06:00:06 UTC

⚖️ #Traineeship opportunity ⚖️
👉 Looking for an exciting path into #litigation, IT law and digital rights? As a European #NGO for digital rights, we’re seeking bright new people to support our work as a #trainee from April 2026 onwards.
❗You are interested and hold a law degree from an EEA university? Apply now! 👉 https://noyb.eu/de/traineeship
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2025-09-30 08:30:39 UTC

🚨 In case you missed it: We've filed a complaint against Whitebridge AI. The company sells “reputation reports” on everyone with an online presence to anyone willing to pay for it. The company doesn't have a legal basis for this.
Learn all about it 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/whitebridgeai-your-personal-data-sale-you-and-anyone
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2025-09-20 06:00:05 UTC

📰 "'Just kissing the US’s ass behind the scenes seems to be not enough anymore,' said Max Schrems. The Irish Data Protection Commission has appointed Niamh Sweeney, an ex-WhatsApp, Facebook and Stripe lobbyist, as third commissioner to lead its work."
👉 https://www.euractiv.com/news/irish-privacy-regulator-picks-ex-meta-lobbyist-as-third-commissioner/

2025-09-18 09:01:05 UTC

🚨 A former Meta lobbyist will join the DPC as a commissioner in October.
With this appointment, the Irish government does not even pretend to care about enforcing EU law anymore.
Read our full statement on the matter here:
https://noyb.eu/en/former-meta-lobbyist-named-dpc-commissioner-meta-now-officially-regulates-itself

2025-09-18 06:54:47 UTC

🚨 Together with [@epicenter_works](https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works ), we've filed a complaint with the EU Commission because the Austrian government is failing to properly fund the country's data protection authority.
Despite an increasing workload due to a constantly growing range of tasks, the DPA's budget was cut. Now, it will restrict its activities.
Read all about it here:
https://noyb.eu/en/budget-cuts-paralyse-austrian-dpa-ngo-complaint-eu-commission

2025-09-05 05:00:09 UTC

🎉 Thanks to our most recent win, noyb litigation is now officially responsible for more than €2 billion in administrative fines!
Unfortunately, we don't receive anything from this sum. As a donation-funded NGO, our work is made possible by our 5,250+ supporting members.
👉 If you want to support our work towards a more privacy-friendly future, join noyb as a Supporting Member now! 🔗 noyb.eu/en/support-us
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2025-09-04 07:44:08 UTC

🎉 noyb WIN! The French DPA has fined Google €325 million for creating spam emails in Gmail
The desicison is based on a noyb complaint from 2022.
Read all about it here 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-french-dpa-fines-google-eu325-million-spam-emails-gmail

2025-09-01 06:41:05 UTC

🎉 noyb WIN: YouTube ordered to honour user’s right of access
The Austrian DPA has sided with noyb and ordered Google to fully answer the complainant's access request in accordance with Article 15 GDPR.
More information 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-youtube-ordered-honour-users-right-access

2025-08-25 05:00:06 UTC

🗞️ "Fachleute bezweifeln nicht nur die Rechtmäßigkeit, sondern auch die finanzielle Notwendigkeit [von Pay or OK]. Laut einem Bericht von noyb stammen nur etwa 10 % der Einnahmen von Medienhäusern aus digitaler Werbung und >5 % aus der Verarbeitung von personenbezogener Daten."
👉 Weiterlesen: https://netzpolitik.org/2025/tracking-urteil-gericht-rueffelt-cookie-banner-beim-standard/

2025-08-24 08:00:08 UTC

🗞️⚖️ "The Austrian Federal Administrative Court has confirmed that the "Pay or Okay" consent model violates European data protection laws, delivering a significant ruling against leading newspaper DerStandard.at on August 18, 2025."
👀 Read more: https://ppc.land/austrian-court-rules-pay-or-okay-model-illegal-for-derstandard-newspaper/

2025-08-23 06:00:06 UTC

📰 "The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) has ruled that the “Pay or Okay” model that was implemented by Austrian newspaper Der Standard violates the #GDPR, confirming an earlier decision by the Austrian data protection authority, the DSB."
👇 Read the full Cybernews article:
https://cybernews.com/security/court-pay-or-okay--austrian-newspaper-violates-gdpr/

2025-08-13 06:00:08 UTC

🙅 #Meta's enthusiasm for training its #AI on user data is not shared by the users themselves […] according a study commissioned by #Facebook legal nemesis Max Schrems and his privacy advocacy group #Noyb.
👀 Read more: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/meta_training_ai_on_social/

2025-08-12 06:00:07 UTC

📰 noyb commissioned Gallup to survey Meta users about their attitudes toward AI training data usage. The survey exposes significant problems with Meta's notification strategy, which forms a cornerstone of the company's legitimate interest argument.
👉 https://ppc.land/only-7-want-meta-to-use-their-data-for-ai-finds-survey/

2025-08-08 06:00:12 UTC

🔐 #SecureDrop is an anonymity tool for journalists and whistleblowers. 📬 Anonymously submit documents and communicate with our lawyers. 💬
To find out more, visit 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/securedrop
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2025-08-07 06:48:06 UTC

🚨 We conducted a survey on Meta AI and the actual wishes of EU users
👉 Only 7% actually want Meta to take their data for AI training
👉 Only 40% saw Meta's warnings
👉 27% of Meta users (at least 68 million) haven't even heard about the plans
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-survey-only-7-users-want-meta-use-their-personal-data-ai

2025-07-29 08:00:07 UTC

📺 The reportage "The Swedish Tax Agency sells your personal data" with Joakim Söderberg, one of noyb's Data Protection Lawyers, is now available on the Bubkes Youtube channel. 🇸🇪🇬🇧 Subtitles also available in English.
👇 Watch now! https://youtu.be/zHOWBDNiW_I?si=OqPpVrt05IB7buaT

2025-07-17 06:30:05 UTC

🚨 Today, we've filed complaints against TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat
👉 All three tech companies have failed to comply with access requests under Article 15 GDPR. This makes it impossible for European users to exercise their fundamental right to privacy, to find out how their personal data is being processed.
More details 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights

2025-07-06 07:00:08 UTC

💬 Whatsapp baut Werbung in seine App ein 🗞️ Kritik von den Datenschützern von Noyb: 'Meta macht hier genau das Gegenteil von dem, was das EU-Recht vorschreibt.'"
👇 Lies mehr: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000274245/whatsapp-baut-werbung-in-seine-app-ein-nicht-fuer-private-chats
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2025-07-04 09:00:05 UTC

📰🍪 "Die Datenschutzorganisation Noyb hält die Pur-Abos von Medien für unzulässig. Doch deutsche Behörden verzögern seit Jahren eine Entscheidung." Friedhelm Greis für golem.de
👉 Lies mehr: https://www.golem.de/news/nutzertracking-datenschutzbehoerden-wegen-untaetigkeit-zu-pur-abos-verklagt-2506-197237.html

2025-06-26 08:43:12 UTC

🐝 The dating platform #Bumble sends user data to #OpenAI without their consent. We have therefore filed a GDPR complaint against the company.
📰 Read more on our website: https://noyb.eu/en/bumbles-ai-icebreakers-are-mainly-breaking-eu-law
#AI #law #MakePrivacyReality
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2025-06-26 06:17:04 UTC

🚨 Today, we have filed a complaint against the dating app Bumble!
👉 The company sends user data to OpenAI in order to offer AI features, without ever asking for people's consent.
Read all about it on our website 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/bumbles-ai-icebreakers-are-mainly-breaking-eu-law

2025-06-17 06:21:04 UTC

🚨 Today, noyb has filed a lawsuit against the German DPAs of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse!
👉 After almost 4 years of investigations into Pay or OK cases, the DPAs still haven’t managed to issue a decision on the merits.
All details here 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/years-inactivity-pay-or-ok-cases-noyb-sues-german-dpas

2025-06-16 14:24:06 UTC

🚨 Meta announced today that it will introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This move further consolidates Meta's social networking monopoly. EU law was actually supposed to prevent this.
https://noyb.eu/en/whatsapp-getting-ads-using-personal-data-instagram-and-facebook

2025-06-07 08:00:06 UTC

📊 Die Kreditauskunftei #CRIF erstellt einen Score anhand deiner persönlichen Daten (oftmals nur Geschlecht, Alter und Anschrift)!
⚖️ Wir wollen das Ganze jetzt mit deiner Hilfe auf #DSGVO-Konformität überprüfen und für eine mögliche #Sammelklage wissenschaftlich unter die Lupe nehmen. 🔍
🤺 Dafür brauchen wir deine Hilfe! Melde dich jetzt an, wir erledigen den Rest.
https://crif.noyb.eu/?mtm_campaign=md
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2025-05-25 08:00:12 UTC

🍰 Seven years ago today, the #GDPR came into effect ⚖️ But the past years have shown that passing a law is not enough – we need to enforce it too.
We made it our mission to ensure that the fundamental right to #privacy is respected by the private sector.
🤝 Learn how you can support us: https://noyb.eu/en/support
#MakePrivacyReality
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2025-05-24 07:00:05 UTC

🤖Unless you opt-out by May 27th, #Meta will use your data from Instagram and Facebook for #AI training. noyb is now looking into taking legal action.
Read more here: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-sends-meta-cease-and-desist-letter-over-ai-training-european-class-action-potential-next-step
🙅Here's where you can object:
🔹https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/712876720715583
🔹https://help.instagram.com/contact/767264225370182

2025-05-16 11:07:02 UTC

You just know you're doing something right when #Meta 's data protection officer talks about your ‘power’ and how she wants the #EU to ban you from doing your work.🤡
Want to help us become even more ‘powerful‘? Click here to find out how: support.noyb.eu/join
Source: https://www.mlex.com/mlex/artificial-intelligence/articles/2339824/noyb-seeks-cease-and-desist-order-against-meta-s-ai-training-in-europe
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2025-05-15 12:00:05 UTC

"Privacy watchdog Noyb sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta Wednesday, threatening to pursue a potentially billion-dollar class action to block Meta's AI training, which starts soon in the European Union."
Read more here 👇
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/meta-is-making-users-who-opted-out-of-ai-training-opt-out-again-watchdog-says/

2025-05-15 07:01:07 UTC

📰🤖 "Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb"
The Register on our cease-and-desist letter to Meta 👇
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/metas_still_violating_gdpr_rules/

2025-05-14 06:04:06 UTC

🚨 Today, noyb has sent a cease and desist letter to Meta regarding its AI training plans in Europe.
👉 If Meta doesn't comply with the request, noyb could file an injunction – or launch an EU class action in the future.
All the details 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-sends-meta-cease-and-desist-letter-over-ai-training-european-class-action-potential-next-step

2025-04-25 08:00:10 UTC

Tracked by #Microsoft, but nobody takes responsibility 🎯🍪
When the Austrian DPA asked Microsoft about tracking cookies in Microsoft 365, they claimed to only be a sub-processor, despite the school not being able to configure or decide on the cookies.
Read more: https://noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-childrens-privacy-blames-your-local-school
#MakePrivacyReality
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2025-04-24 06:22:05 UTC

🎮 Today, we filed a complaint against the video game company Ubisoft!
👉 Ubisoft forces its customers to connect to the internet when they launch a single-player game, which allows it to collect their gaming behaviour.
Find out more here 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/play-alone-ubisoft-still-watching-you

2025-04-18 12:13:03 UTC

#Meta Skips Consent, Breaches #GDPR with EU Data AI Training. 📊🚫
#DataProtectionMatters #MakePrivacyReality
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2025-04-17 06:51:03 UTC

🚨 The EU promised to improve GDPR cooperation - but is about to make it worse
⚖️ The GDPR Procedural Regulation was supposed to improve enforcement. In reality, the current draft would make it even more complicated - and effectively scrap party rights.
https://noyb.eu/en/eu-pledged-improve-gdpr-cooperation-and-made-it-worse

2025-04-03 06:23:07 UTC

🚨 noyb has taken the Swedish tax authority to court for selling people’s personal data
👉 Despite a clear Supreme Court ruling, the authority is selling personal data to commerical data brokers who publish it online for everyone to see.
More Info 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-takes-swedish-tax-authority-court-selling-peoples-personal-data

2025-04-01 09:30:08 UTC

Happy april fool's day! 🥳🥴 Unfortunately, the reality of GDPR enforcement is so dire that we don't even need to make up a joke.
🧑‍💻 A recent noyb analysis showed that only 1.3% of cases before EU DPAs result in a fine - while privacy professionals say that they are the most effective enforcement measure.
#happyaprilfools
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2025-03-24 07:56:05 UTC

🎉Thank you @npub19kd…t56d for your donation - and your valuable support for our work towards a more privacy-friendly future!

2025-03-20 12:00:06 UTC

🤖 ChatGPT regularly gives false information without any way to correct it
👉 This happened to a Norwegian user: When he tried to find out if ChatGPT had any information about him, the chatbot falsely claimed that he is a convicted murderer.
More Info 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/ai-hallucinations-chatgpt-created-fake-child-murderer

2025-03-20 07:40:41 UTC

🚨 Today, we filed our second complaint against OpenAI over ChatGPT hallucination issues
👉 When a Norwegian user asked ChatGPT if it had any information about him, the chatbot made up a story that he had murdered his children.
Find out more: https://noyb.eu/en/ai-hallucinations-chatgpt-created-fake-child-murderer
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