noyb Gains Qualified Entity Status for GDPR Collective Redress in the EU
noyb has received Qualified Entity status in Austria and Ireland, enabling it to initiate collective redress actions for GDPR violations across the EU.
Austria
Austria Considers New Law for Monitoring Encrypted Messages
Austria’s proposed law allows targeted surveillance of encrypted messages on suspects’ phones, aiming to address terrorism while balancing privacy concerns.
Microsoft 365 Education Faces GDPR Probe
EU investigates Microsoft 365 Education for GDPR violations regarding children’s data protection and transparency issues raised by noyb complaints.
noyb files complaint against Austria’s Creditors’ association for profiting from GDPR trights
KSV1870, a creditors’ association, is accused of profiting from the right of access to personal data under the GDPR by misleading individuals, especially foreigners, into purchasing a high-priced “InfoPass” instead of obtaining a free copy of their data.
noyb files complaints against Google’s Fitbit
Fitbit, the Google-owned fitness tracking company, is facing complaints for alleged violation of the EU’s GDPR privacy rules, filed by privacy advocacy group Noyb in Austria, the Netherlands, and Italy.
Clearview AI data use deemed illegal in Austria
Clearview AI must cease processing any biometric data belonging to the complainant and delete any of their existing profiles in its searchable database.
Austria challenges EU newspapers’ pay-or-cookie walls
Austrian data protection authority (DSB) made the ruling that readers be able to choose either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to this type of cookie paywall.
Austrian DSB Declares Meta Tracking Tools Illegal
Austrian Data Protection Authority has declared that Facebook’s tracking pixel violates the GDPR and the latest CJEU decision on transatlantic data flows.
Dutch hacker obtained virtually all Austrians’ personal data
The police did not elaborate on the consequences for Austrians’ data security.
Google Analytics banned in several European countries due to GDPR violations
The Italian data protection authority found that a local web publisher’s use of it violated GDPR rules.
Second decision of the Austrian DPA on Google Analytics
The Austrian Data Protection Authority issued a second ruling, finding that Google’s IP anonymization is insufficient for EU – US data transfers.
Austrian Supervisory Authority Finds that Website Deploying Google Analytics Carried out Unlawful Transfers to the US
The Austrian DPA found that a website that implemented the free version of Google analytics violated the GDPR’s rules on international data transfers.