Low
Lawsuit filed
Filed
California · Aug 26, 2026
EFF and ACLU sue San Jose Police over warrantless ALPR searches
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU of Northern California have filed a lawsuit in California state court challenging the San Jose Police Department's practice of searching stored license‑plate data without a warrant. The suit…
California Constitution
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
France · Aug 26, 2026
French Constitutional Council strikes down law banning social media for under‑15s
France’s top court invalidated the legislation that prohibited people under 15 from using social media. The Council found the ban infringed freedom of expression and the right to private life by imposing mandatory age verification. The…
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
France · Aug 14, 2026
French Constitutional Council strikes down law banning under‑15s from social media
On 14 August 2026 the French Constitutional Council invalidated Article 1 of the Act that would have barred minors under 15 from accessing online social media. The Council found the ban disproportionate, lacking individual assessment, and…
European Commission · Digital Services Act
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
United States (federal) · Jun 29, 2026
US Supreme Court decision undermines EU‑US Data Privacy Framework
The US Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter that the FTC cannot be an independent agency. The decision calls into question the independence requirement for the EU‑US Data Privacy Framework, effectively collapsing the adequacy…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Lawsuit filed
Filed
Germany · Apr 30, 2026
noyb files lawsuit against Hamburg DPA over inaction on PimEyes biometric data case
noyb has filed a lawsuit against the Hamburg Data Protection Authority, alleging that the authority has failed to act on illegal biometric data processing by PimEyes. The DPA considers PimEyes' facial recognition practices illegal but…
Hamburg Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
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Lawsuit filed
Filed
Germany · Jan 28, 2026
noyb files lawsuit against Hamburg DPA over Pay or Okay case involving SPIEGEL
In 2024, privacy advocacy group noyb sued the Hamburg Data Protection Authority concerning a Pay or Okay implementation dispute with the German news magazine SPIEGEL. The case highlights concerns about DPA impartiality and enforcement…
Hamburg Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
Austria · Dec 18, 2025 · deadline Dec 31, 2025
Austrian Supreme Court orders Meta to give users full data access within 14 days
The Austrian Supreme Court ruled that Meta must provide a complete copy of all personal data to any user request within 14 days, including source, recipient and purpose information. The court also required Meta to obtain explicit opt‑in…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Court ruling
Decided
European Union · Sep 3, 2025
EU General Court rejects Latombe challenge to EU‑US data transfer framework
French MP Philippe Latombe filed an action for annulment of the Transatlantic Data Protection Framework before the EU General Court. The General Court dismissed the narrow challenge, finding it unconvincing. The decision leaves the…
Transatlantic Data Protection Framework
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
Austria · Aug 18, 2025
Austrian Federal Administrative Court rules DerStandard's "pay or okay" consent model illegal
The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) confirmed the Data Protection Authority's finding that DerStandard violated the GDPR by offering a "pay or okay" choice. The court held that the newspaper did not obtain valid, granular…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
European Union · Jul 31, 2025
CJEU ruling C‑446/21 limits use of personal data for online advertising and repurposing publicly available data
The European Court of Justice issued ruling C‑446/21, fully backing a lawsuit against Meta's Facebook service. The court massively limits the use of personal data for online advertising and restricts the reuse of publicly available…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
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Lawsuit filed
Filed
Germany · Jun 17, 2025
noyb sues German DPAs over inactivity on ‘Pay or OK’ GDPR complaints
noyb filed complaints in August 2021 against news sites using ‘Pay or OK’ consent mechanisms, alleging they violate the GDPR’s freely given consent requirement. After nearly four years of inaction, the North Rhine‑Westphalia and Hesse data…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Class action
Announced
Austria · Jun 3, 2025
noyb seeks participants for potential GDPR class action against Austrian credit agency CRIF
noyb alleges that CRIF processes personal data of millions of Austrians to calculate credit scores based on age, gender and address, potentially violating the GDPR. The organization plans a scientific review and, if evidence supports it…
Austrian Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
Germany · May 23, 2025
German Higher Regional Court denies interim injunction against Meta AI training
The Higher Regional Court of Cologne refused the interim injunction sought by Verbraucherzentrale NRW, which alleged Meta's AI training violates the GDPR by using user data without consent. The court's decision is limited to the interim…
Hamburg Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
Ireland · Jan 29, 2025
EU General Court rules Irish DPC acted unlawfully for refusing to investigate noyb complaint
The EU General Court held that the Irish Data Protection Commission unlawfully refused to investigate a complaint filed by noyb. The court dismissed the DPC's claims against the European Data Protection Board. The case can now be appealed…
Irish Data Protection Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
Austria · Jan 9, 2025
CJEU rules Austrian DPA cannot limit data subject complaints to two per month
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in case C-416/23 held that the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) may not cap the number of complaints a data subject can file. The judgment confirms that users have the right to have any GDPR…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Court ruling
Decided
Germany · Nov 19, 2024
German Federal Court rules loss of control over personal data is compensable under GDPR
The Bundesgerichtshof held that the mere loss of control over one's personal data can constitute damage under the GDPR. The court said this damage is compensable when it results from a GDPR violation, without needing additional negative…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
European Union · Oct 4, 2024
CJEU rules Meta must minimise use of personal data for ads
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that Meta must limit the processing of personal data for online advertising to what is strictly necessary, applying the GDPR data‑minimisation principle regardless of consent. It also…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Appeal
Filed
Sweden · Aug 12, 2024
noyb appeals to Swedish court over IMY's refusal to investigate data subject complaints
noyb has filed an appeal with the Kammarrätten i Stockholm challenging the Swedish Data Protection Authority's practice of forwarding complaints without investigation. The appeal follows a Supreme Administrative Court ruling that…
Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Lawsuit filed
Filed
Germany · Aug 1, 2024
Complainant sues Hamburg DPA over ‘Pay or OK’ consent ruling
A GDPR complainant has filed a lawsuit with the Hamburg Administrative Court to overturn the Hamburg data protection authority's decision that the ‘Pay or OK’ consent model used by DER SPIEGEL is permissible. The complainant argues the…
Hamburg data protection authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Lawsuit filed
Filed
Austria · Dec 4, 2023
noyb sues CRIF and AZ Direct for illegal secret data processing in Austria
noyb filed a lawsuit in the Vienna Regional Court on behalf of seven individuals alleging that CRIF GmbH and address trader AZ Direct secretly trade personal data of millions of Austrians for credit scoring. The Austrian Data Protection…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
