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
Low
Enforcement
Announced
Germany · Dec 10, 2021
noyb and ZDF Magazin Royale seek data donors to enforce GDPR micro‑targeting ban
noyb and ZDF Magazin Royale are asking users of the "Who Targets Me" browser extension from the 2021 German federal election to donate their data. The aim is to find a case to enforce the GDPR prohibition on political micro‑targeting under…
EDPB · 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
Enforcement
In effect
Ireland · Nov 23, 2021 · effective Nov 18, 2021
Irish DPC removes noyb from GDPR procedure after demanding NDA
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) demanded that privacy activist group noyb sign a non‑disclosure agreement to continue hearing its complaint against Facebook. After noyb refused, the DPC removed the organization from the GDPR…
Irish Data Protection Commission · 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
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Luxembourg · Oct 21, 2021
noyb files GDPR complaint against Amazon Europe over opaque automated payment decisions
noyb lodged a complaint with Luxembourg's data protection authority alleging that Amazon Europe's automated "Monthly Invoice" payment rejections violate GDPR transparency and access requirements. The complaint cites the lack of explanation…
Luxembourg National Data Protection Commission · 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
Fine
Announced
Ireland · Sep 2, 2021
Irish DPC issues €225 million fine against WhatsApp
The Irish Data Protection Commission imposed a €225 million fine on WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) under the GDPR. The fine was increased from an initial €50 million after pressure from other EU data protection authorities. Max Schrems of…
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
Enforcement
Filed
European Union · Aug 10, 2021
noyb files 422 GDPR complaints over deceptive cookie banners
noyb filed 422 formal GDPR complaints with data protection authorities in ten EU countries concerning dark‑pattern cookie banners. After a warning phase, 42% of identified violations were remedied, but 82% of the 516 sites still breach the…
Data Protection Authorities · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Decided
Austria · Aug 4, 2021
Austrian DPA orders credit agency CRIF to disclose scoring logic after GDPR complaint
The Austrian Data Protection Authority ruled that CRIF's credit assessment constitutes profiling under the GDPR and must disclose that the creditworthiness score was calculated only from address, gender, name and date of birth. CRIF must…
Austrian Data Protection Authority · 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
Settlement
Settled
European Union · Jul 16, 2021
Max Schrems notes settlement with Irish DPC in Jan 2021 amid Schrems II fallout
The statement highlights that of the 101 model complaints filed by noyb after the Schrems II ruling, none have been decided yet. It notes that the original Facebook complaint led to a settlement with the Irish Data Protection Commission in…
Irish Data Protection Commission · Standard Contractual Clauses
Moderate
Enforcement
Announced
European Union · May 31, 2021
noyb launches automated system, sends 500 draft GDPR cookie‑banner complaints across Europe
noyb sent more than 500 draft GDPR complaints to companies using unlawful cookie banners, offering a one‑month grace period before filing formal complaints. The NGO developed software to detect violations and generate complaints…
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
Announced
Ireland · May 21, 2021
European Parliament urges Commission to launch infringement proceedings against Ireland over GDPR enforcement
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to start infringement procedures against Ireland due to delays by the Irish Data Protection Commission in handling GDPR complaints. The resolution noted that…
European Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Announced
Austria · May 5, 2021
Austrian DPA may fine Google up to €6 billion for illegal EU‑US data transfers
The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) has the option under the GDPR to impose a fine of up to €6 billion (4% of global turnover) on Google for continuing to transfer personal data from EU websites to the United States despite CJEU…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Announced
Ireland · Mar 18, 2021
Irish DPC cancels scheduled EU‑US data‑transfer hearing with European Parliament
Irish Data Protection Commission head Helen Dixon cancelled her participation in a European Parliament LIBE Committee hearing scheduled for 18 March 2021 after demanding to be heard alone. The hearing was intended to discuss EU‑US data…
Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Austria · Feb 8, 2021
noyb files GDPR complaint against Austrian credit data broker KSV 1870
On 08.02.2021, the privacy NGO noyb lodged a GDPR complaint with the Austrian data protection authority alleging that KSV 1870 stores identification data from access requests in its commercial database, violating purpose‑limitation. The…
Austrian Data Protection Authority · 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
