πŸŽ‰ Today, the EU's General Court held that the Irish DPC acted unlawful when it refused to investigate a noyb complaint! More info here:
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EU Court: Irish DPC must investigate noyb complaint
The DPC refused to comply with a binding decision by the EDPB. Instead, the DPC sued the EDPB before the European Courts. The case can now be appea...
The New York Times reports that Trump is making the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board de facto inoperable. This punches the first major hole in EU-US data transfers agreement (TADPF). Using US Cloud providers could quickly violate the GDPR (even in the European Commission's view).
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US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal
Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.
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🚨 Today, we have filed our second complaint against Ryanair. πŸ‘‰ The airline nudges customers towards a highly invasive biometric facial regonition process to verify their account. πŸ‘‰ Customers are also forced to create a permanent Ryanair account
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Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan!
Ryanair forces new customers to create an account. Also, they must go through a mandatory verification process that can involve facial recognition.
πŸ“° "The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) concluded that the streaming giant failed to adequately inform customers what it does with their data, which runs counter to GDPR data access rights." Techcrunch on our WIN against Netflix πŸ‘‡
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Five years later, Netflix hit with Dutch data access fine | TechCrunch
Five years later sounds like a half-baked sequel to a well-known zombie flick franchise. But it's a reference to how long it's taken a da...
🎊noyb WIN: Almost 5 years after the complaint has been filed, the Dutch DPA imposed a fine of €4.75 million against Netflix because it failed to adequately inform customers about what it does with their data.
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noyb WIN: Dutch authority fines Netflix €4.75 Million
Netflix was fined €4.75 Million based on a noyb complaint from 2019
πŸŽ‰ In case you missed our latest WIN: The EDPS found that the EU Commission illegally targeted citizens with advertising using sensitive personal data about their political views.
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Political Microtargeting by EU Commission illegal
EDPS issues decision finding that the European Commission has illegally targeted advertising at citizens
πŸ“° "BeReal deploys an aggressive β€œnudging tactic” to pester users who refuse its tracking, per noyb’s complaint." Techcrunch on our complaint against BeReal πŸ‘‡
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BeReal hit with privacy complaint over how it asks EU users to agree to tracking | TechCrunch
Right after BeReal got acquired by French mobile games publisher Voodoo this summer, the candid selfie-sharing app that has been popular with Gen Zers
πŸ“ Today, noyb filed a complaint against the social media platform BeReal. If you dare to reject tracking for personalised ads, the app's consent banner will reappear every day – until the end of your days, or until you click on the β€œright” button and accept.
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BeReal: The app that won’t take no for an answer
If users refuse to give their consent, BeReal asks them over and over again until they give in