Low
Enforcement
Announced
Ireland · Dec 12, 2021
Irish DPC sends threat letters to noyb over Facebook ROPA publication
noyb published Facebook's four‑page Record of Processing Activities (ROPA) required by Article 30 GDPR. The Irish Data Protection Commission, which received the ROPA on 27.9.2018, sent angry letters to noyb demanding the removal of the…
Irish Data Protection Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Guidance
Published
Ireland · Dec 4, 2021
Irish DPC tried to embed Facebook consent bypass into EDPB Guidelines, but final 2019 guidelines omitted it
A letter shows the Irish DPC held ten meetings with Facebook and agreed on a GDPR bypass by moving consent into terms and conditions. The DPC then drafted EDPB guideline language to allow this approach, but other DPAs criticised it…
Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Announced
Austria · Nov 28, 2021
Austrian DPA rejects Facebook's confidentiality claim in GDPR data‑transfer dispute
The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) rejected Facebook's claim that certain documents were confidential, providing all documents to the Irish DPC. The DSB also reminded Facebook that official Austrian procedures must be conducted…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Appeal
Filed
Austria · Nov 15, 2021
noyb appeals Austrian DPA decision on cell‑phone location and traffic data to Federal Administrative Court
noyb filed a notice of appeal with Austria's Federal Administrative Court against the DSB's decision that A1 may refuse to provide location and traffic data to a user. The DSB argued the data are not personal because a third party could…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Austria · Nov 11, 2021
noyb files GDPR complaint against Grindr over selfie ID requirement
noyb lodged a GDPR complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority alleging that Grindr's policy of requiring a selfie with a passport and email paper violates data minimisation and the right of access. The complainant was denied…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Announced
Ireland · Oct 15, 2021
Irish DPC orders noyb to remove draft decision from website
The Irish Data Protection Commission sent a take‑down request to privacy activist group noyb on 14 Oct 2021, ordering removal of a draft decision that allegedly strips Facebook users of GDPR rights. noyb refused, citing Austrian law and…
Irish Data Protection Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Filed
European Union · Aug 13, 2021
noyb files complaints against cookie paywalls of seven German and Austrian news sites over unlawful consent
noyb filed complaints against the cookie paywalls of SPIEGEL.de, Zeit.de, heise.de, FAZ.net, derStandard.at, krone.at and t-online.de, arguing that the "pay or okay" model violates the GDPR's requirement for freely given consent. The…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Decided
Austria · Jul 20, 2021
Austrian Supreme Court refers Facebook case to CJEU over consent vs contract and awards €500 symbolic damages
The Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) referred four questions to the Court of Justice of the EU concerning Facebook's reliance on contract instead of consent under the GDPR. In a partial judgment, the court awarded Max Schrems €500 for lack of…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Pending
European Union · Jul 19, 2021
noyb reports 2.5‑year delay in GDPR access‑request complaints against streaming services
In January 2019 noyb filed complaints against eight streaming services for failing to comply with the GDPR right of access. After two and a half years only one complaint was resolved after noyb took the responsible authority to court. The…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Proposed regulation
Published
European Union · Jun 14, 2021
noyb and CSL propose Advanced Data Protection Control browser signal to replace cookie banners
noyb and the Sustainable Computing Lab released a technical proposal for an "Advanced Data Protection Control" (ADPC) browser signal. The signal would allow browsers to automatically convey user consent or opt‑in preferences to websites…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Filed
European Union · May 26, 2021 · effective May 25, 2018
Digital Rights alliance files legal complaints across Europe against facial recognition company Clearview AI
Noyb and other EU digital‑rights groups submitted complaints to data‑protection authorities in France, Austria, Italy, Greece and the United Kingdom to halt Clearview AI's mass facial‑recognition surveillance. The regulators have three…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Austria · Mar 18, 2021
noyb files GDPR complaint against CRIF and AZ Direct over illegal data exchange
noyb lodged a GDPR complaint on 18 March 2021 against credit scoring firm CRIF GmbH and address publisher AZ Direct for exchanging personal data without a legal basis. The complaint alleges violations of the GDPR purpose‑limitation…
Austrian Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Pending
Austria · Mar 14, 2021
Austrian Supreme Court to consider referral of Facebook GDPR consent bypass case
The Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) has been asked to refer a case concerning Facebook's alleged bypass of GDPR consent rules to the CJEU. The dispute centers on Facebook's claim that a contractual duty to provide personalized advertising…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Announced
Germany · Jan 28, 2021 · deadline Feb 12, 2021
Hamburg DPA preliminarily deems Clearview AI’s biometric profiling of EU residents illegal and orders partial deletion
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority preliminarily found that Clearview AI’s collection of biometric profiles of Europeans violates the GDPR and ordered the deletion of the mathematical hash values of the complainant’s biometric profile.…
Hamburg Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Guidance
Published
European Union · Jan 27, 2021
noyb urges stronger GDPR enforcement on European Data Protection Day
noyb highlights that despite the GDPR's strong provisions, compliance remains low and enforcement insufficient. The organization calls on data protection authorities and companies to move from paper rights to real protection, citing the…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Filed
Malta · Nov 12, 2020
noyb files complaint with Maltese DPA over C-Planet voter data breach
noyb filed a complaint with the Maltese Data Protection Authority against C-Planet IT Solutions for leaking personal data of 337,384 voters, including phone numbers, dates of birth and political opinions. NGOs Daphne Foundation and…
Maltese Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Guidance
Published
Austria · Apr 21, 2020
First European Corona contact tracing app in Austria reviewed by noyb, epicenter.works and SBA Research
The Austrian Red Cross released a contact tracing app on March 25th, which uses a hybrid central‑server and local storage model. NGOs and security researchers reviewed the app and identified privacy weaknesses, recommending a switch to a…
Moderate
Guidance
Published
European Union · Apr 9, 2020
noyb releases ad‑hoc guidance on GDPR compliance for COVID‑19 data processing
noyb published an ad‑hoc paper outlining how the GDPR permits processing personal data to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The paper cites Articles 6(1)(d) and 9(2)(i) as legal bases and stresses the need for privacy‑by‑design, data…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Court ruling
Pending
Austria · Feb 26, 2020
Vienna Regional Court closes oral hearing in GDPR case against Facebook, judgment pending
The Vienna Regional Court for Civil Matters (LGfZRS) ended a nine‑hour oral hearing in a data‑protection lawsuit against Facebook. The court will issue a written judgment in the coming months and the case is expected to be appealed to…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Norway (EEA) · Jan 14, 2020
Norwegian DPA receives GDPR complaints against Grindr and ad‑tech firms
The Norwegian Consumer Council, together with noyb, filed three formal GDPR complaints against Grindr and five ad‑tech companies (Twitter’s MoPub, AT&T’s AppNexus, OpenX, AdColony, Smaato) with the Norwegian Data Protection Authority. The…
Norwegian Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
