Here you will find all the articles with the tag: NOYB.
Meta's tracking features are once again under scrutiny. Surprisingly, the complaint is issued againby the privacy advocacy organization noyb. That organization again addresses the Austrian regulator, while the previous complaint against Meta's subscription models is still pending. Noyb argues t... Read more
3 months ago
Privacy organization noyb is filing a complaint with the Dutch DPA against X. The social media platform would enable illegal microtargeting ads which the European Commission uses to seek support for its proposals on client-side scanning. Pan-European privacy organization noyb fundamentally disag... Read more
4 months ago
Update, 10:22 am, 30/11/2023: A new complaint about Meta's subscription formulas increases criticism of the 'pay for privacy' formula. This is a shared complaint by the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) and eighteen of its members. It was submitted to the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network... Read more
5 months ago
Spotify has been slapped on the wrist by Swedisch authorities for violating GPDR regulations. The long-awaited decision highlights the challenges faced by European users in protecting their data. Privacy rights organisation noyb made the accusation over four years ago, which claimed that Spotify fa... Read more
10 months ago
The US tech giant is yielding to EU pressure to comply with privacy laws, because the alternative is to pay a hefty fine. This week Meta announced that it will allow Facebook and Instagram users in Europe to request an exemption from the platforms' data collection system, which Meta uses to targ... Read more
1 year ago
The Austrian Data Protection authority has issued a decision stemming from a 2020 complaint. The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) has decided that the use of Facebook’s tracking pixel directly violates the EU's GDPR privacy law and the so-called “Schrems II” decision on transatlant... Read more
1 year ago
The European Center for Digital Rights (noyb) claims the Irish authorities fined Meta only a fraction of what they should have. Noyb issued a letter to the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) this week sharply criticizing the privacy agency for "letting Meta off the hook". The non-profit is r... Read more
1 year ago
Privacy action group NOYB is suing Google for allegedly violating a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). According to NOYB, Google illegally pushes unsolicited advertising emails to the inboxes of Gmail users. NOYB's complaint to the French watchdog CNIL argues that Google violates a E... Read more
2 years ago
Austria-based noyb has launched new complaints over failure to comply with cookie consent rules. European privacy campaign group noyb released a slew of complaints targeting website operators that, according to noyb, failed to act upon earlier warnings to bring their cookie consent banners into ... Read more
2 years ago
EDPS sanctions the European Parliament for illegal EU-US data transfers - among other violations The European Union’s chief data protection supervisor has sanctioned the European Parliament for a series of breaches of the bloc’s data protection rules. The European Data Protection Supervis... Read more
2 years ago
