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You just know you're doing something right when Meta's data protection officer talks about your ‘power’ and how she wants the EU to ban you from doing your work.🤡 Want to help us become even more ‘powerful‘? Click here to find out how: support.noyb.eu/join

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What is the best "impact assessment" for an NGO? If a huge Big Tech company like #Meta publicly says your work should be prohibited.. 😂 If you wanna join @noybeu.bsky.social and make us even more "powerful" click here: support.noyb.eu/join (From a paywalled MLex Article)

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📰🤖 "Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb" The Register on our cease-and-desist letter to Meta 👇 https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/metas_still_violating_gdpr_rules/

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Advocacy group threatens Meta with injunction over data-use for AI training reut.rs/43cD1r8

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📰 "Advocacy group threatens Meta with injunction over use of EU data for AI training" 👇 Reuters on our cease-and-desist letter regarding Meta's AI training plans 👇 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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🚨 Today, noyb has sent a cease and desist letter to Meta regarding its AI training plans in Europe. 👉 If Meta doesn't comply with the request, noyb could file an injunction – or launch an EU class action in the future. All the details 👇 noyb.eu/en/noyb-send...

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🇦🇹📺 Max Schrems in 'ORFIII aktuell' über den künstlichen Assistenten Meta-KI: https://on.orf.at/video/14273755/15871111/datenschutz-aktivist-schrems-ueber-meta-ki

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🎮🎧 80 Level has published an article on our Ubisoft-complaint: "Ubisoft's actions are clearly unlawful and must be stopped." - Lisa Steinfeld, Data Protection Lawyer at noyb Read it here: https://80.lv/articles/ubisoft-faces-lawsuit-for-forcing-internet-connect-in-single-player-games/

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📰⚖️ DerStandard über unsere Beschwerde gegen Ubisoft: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000266979/spielehersteller-ubisoft-datenspionage-auch-bei-offlinespielen

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Tracked by #Microsoft, but nobody takes responsibility 🎯🍪 When the Austrian DPA asked Microsoft about tracking cookies in Microsoft 365, they claimed to only be a sub-processor, despite the school not being able to configure or decide on the cookies. #MakePrivacyReality

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⚖️📰 Barron's on our complaint against Ubisoft: https://www.barrons.com/news/games-maker-ubisoft-accused-of-illegal-data-collection-562390ea

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🎮 Today, we filed a complaint against the video game company Ubisoft! 👉 Ubisoft forces its customers to connect to the internet when they launch a single-player game, which allows it to collect their gaming behaviour. Find out more here 👇 https://noyb.eu/en/play-alone-ubisoft-still-watching-you

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Happy Easter from the noyb team to all that celebrate 🐇🥚 If you're looking for a present, consider investing in a future where your loved ones' privacy is reality! 👉Learn how you can help via the link in our bio. #easter #privacy #gdpr #happyeaster

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#Meta Skips Consent, Breaches #GDPR with EU Data AI Training. 📊🚫 #DataProtectionMatters #MakePrivacyReality

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📰 Netzpolitik.org zu unserer Kritik den den aktuellen EU-Verhandlungen über eine DSGVO-Verfahrensverordnung (Procedural Regulation) 👇 https://netzpolitik.org/2025/fuer-bessere-zusammenarbeit-gelingt-der-eu-das-nachjustieren-beim-datenschutz/

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🎧 Hört rein in den Audio-Beitrag "Heimkehr: Unternehmen holen ihre Anwendungen zurück ins eigene Rechenzentrum" von Deutschlandfunk Kultur mit Kommentar von @maxschrems.bsky.social . www.deutschlandfunk.de/heimkehr-unt... #podcast #datenschutz #USA #EU

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🚨 The EU promised to improve GDPR cooperation - but is about to make it worse ⚖️ The GDPR Procedural Regulation was supposed to improve enforcement. In reality, the current draft would make it even more complicaded - and effectively scrap party rights

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👉 Looking for an exciting path into litigation, IT law and digital rights? As a European NGO for digital rights, we’re seeking bright new people to join our team. ❗You are interested and hold a law degree from an EEA university? Apply now! #traineeship #digitalrights

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⚖️ Are you interested in algorithmic transparency in #EU law? Our colleague and Data Protection Lawyer Stefano Rossetti just published an article on CJEU decision C-203/22 in the European Law Blog. 💭 Find out more: https://www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/lwchuopd/release/1 #DataProtection

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📢 Disappointing news: our #PayOrOkay complaint against t-online.de to the DPA of NRW 🇩🇪 from 2021 remains undecided. When we asked for access to the file, we ended up with 161 partially redacted pages that don‘t mention our case at all. #FacepalmOfTheWeek

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🎧 Hört rein in die Folge "EU-US Datenschutz unter Druck" von Deutschlandfunk Kultur mit @maxschrems.bsky.social deutschlandfunkkultur.de/eu-us-datens... #podcast #datenschutz #USA #EU

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Would you like to receive regular updates on our current projects and stay on top of all things privacy? 🕵️ 🐦 Sign up to our newsletter here: https://newsletter.noyb.eu/pf/433/TdOop or through our website noyb.eu

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🚨 noyb has taken the Swedish tax authority to court for selling people’s personal data 👉 Despite a clear Supreme Court ruling, the authority is selling personal data to commerical data brokers who publish it online for everyone to see. More Info 👇

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Happy april fool's day! 🥳🥴 Unfortunately, the reality of GDPR enforcement is so dire that we don't even need to make up a joke. #happyaprilfools

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🎉Thank you @proton.me for your donation - and your valuable support for our work towards a more privacy-friendly future!

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📰 "A Norwegian man said he was horrified to discover that ChatGPT outputs had falsely accused him of murdering his own children." Ars Technica on our second complaint against OpenAI 👇 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/chatgpt-falsely-claimed-a-dad-murdered-his-own-kids-complaint-says/

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👉 Are you a young lawyer and want to gain experience in #GDPR litigation and enforcement?! 💡We have a last minute opportunity to join noyb as a Legal Trainee this May! 😊 You can find all the information you need here:

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👉 We have a last minute opportunity to join noyb as a Legal Trainee this May! 😊 We are looking for young lawyers that want to gain experience in #GDPR litigation and enforcement. ⏩ Find out more & apply now for May 2025 at https://noyb.eu/en/traineeship

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🚨 Today, we've filed a complaint against Swedbank! 👉 The Swedish bank refuses to comply with its transparency obligations in automated decision making – and falsely claims that its calculation of interest rates is a "trade secret".

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💐 Still looking for a last minute Valentine's Day gift? 💐 ⁉️ What could be better than a future where privacy is reality!? 👉 Support us now, and add the keyword "valentine" and your email address to your transaction info for a little surprise: https://noyb.eu/en/donations-other-support-options

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Gestern im Fernsehen: Der neuste Beitrag der geschätzten Kolleg*innen von @brkommunikation.bsky.social aus unseren Recherchen zu den #DatabrokerFiles – mit Statements von @bmuv.de, @noyb.eu und der Landesdatenschutzbeauftragten NRW. www.ardmediathek.de/video/plusmi...

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📱 Die App WetterOnline teilt persönliche Userdaten zu Werbezwecken mit hunderten Unternehmen. 🚨 Gleichzeitig werden Auskunftsersuchen abgewiesen, weil sie angbelich einen "unverhältnismäßigen Aufwand" darstellen. 👉 noyb hat nun Beschwerde eingereicht

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🎉 noyb WIN: in line with its most recent decisions, the Belgian DPA has once again confirmed that noyb can validly represent affiliated people in complaints. As the complaint is considered admissible, the next step is to discuss the merits.

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🚨 Are you working in data protection? Then let us know how YOU get #GDPR compliance done! ⏩ We are interested in your input for our 2024 DPO Survey! Take a moment to share your insights into compliance and enforcement work by DPAs, Courts and alike!

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🎉 Today, the EU's General Court held that the Irish DPC acted unlawful when it refused to investigate a noyb complaint More info here: https://noyb.eu/en/eu-court-irish-dpc-must-investigate-noyb-complaint

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🎉 Happy Data Protection Day! This year, we used the occasion to take a closer look at the (in)activity of European DPAs 👉 Turns out: On average, only 1.3% of cases before EU DPAs result in a fine 💸❌ More details and statistics on our website 👇

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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.

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🟥🟥Meta's latest pay-or-consent mechanism for Facebook & Instagram users from November 2024 gets a red card from us🟥🟥 We have written to EU authorities to urge them to take quick investigative action & force Meta to comply with EU law. More here: www.beuc.eu/press-releas...

submitted 116 days ago • 2 comments

Whether for AI or advertising: Companies ignore your fundamental rights to maximise their profits. We work tirelessly to enforce EU data protection laws, a task made possible by our 5,227 supporting members. Find out how you can support our work here: https://noyb.eu/en/support-us

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📰 "Die Weitergabe personenbezogener Daten von Europäern ist eindeutig rechtswidrig – und muss sofort eingestellt werden." 👉 Der Spiegel über unsere Beschwerden zu unrechtmäßigen Datentransfers nach China:

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👉 According to the privacy group, AliExpress, SHEIN, TikTok and Xiaomi "transfer data to China", while Temu and WeChat mention transfers to "third countries". 🚨 France 24 about our complaints over data transfers to China:

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📰 "TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb which claimed the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China." Reuters on our Complaints:

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🚨 Today, we've filed six complaints against the Chinese tech companies Temu, Xiaomi, SHEIN, AliExpress, WeChat and TikTok over data transfers to China. 🇨🇳 Find all the details here: https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-aliexpress-shein-co-surrender-europeans-data-authoritarian-china

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⁉️ Do you have information on how to get #GDPR compliance done? We're here to listen! ⏩ We want your input for our DPO Survey! Take a moment to share your insights into compliance and enforcement work by DPAs, Courts and alike! 👉 https://survey.noyb.eu/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=863354&lang=en

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments

👉 Die österreichische Datenschutzbehörde wollte Betroffene von Datenschutzverletzungen daran hindern, mehr als zwei Beschwerden pro Monat einzubringen. ⚖️ Der EuGH hat diesem Beschwerdelimit heute eine Absage erteilt. Alle Infos bei Ö1: https://oe1.orf.at/player/20250109/781921/1736423255212

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