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@noybeu

@noybeu
26 posts
2025-11-10
⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection. 👀 Read more here 👉 https://noyb.eu/...
2025-11-10 View on X
Politico

Draft docs: the European Commission plans to simplify some of its privacy rules, including GDPR, to boost AI growth and slash red tape for businesses in Europe

BRUSSELS — European Union officials are ready to sacrifice some of their most prized privacy rules for the sake of AI …

2025-09-18
🚨 A former Meta lobbyist will join the DPC as a commissioner in October. With this appointment, the Irish government does not even pretend to care about enforcing EU law anymore. Read our full statement on the matter here: https://noyb.eu/...
2025-09-18 View on X
The Irish Times

The Irish Data Protection Commission appoints Niamh Sweeney, Facebook's former head of public policy in Ireland, as its new commissioner, starting on October 13

Niamh Sweeney to take up role in October  —  Former tech industry lobbyist Niamh Sweeney has been named to the Data Protection Commission …

2024-09-25
🚨 Firefox quietly enabled a supposed “privacy feature” that tracks users - noyb files complaint today! Read more here: https://noyb.eu/...
2024-09-25 View on X
Reuters

NOYB files a privacy complaint against Mozilla with the Austrian data protection authority, accusing it of tracking Firefox users on websites without consent

Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority …

2024-06-16
(Preliminary) noyb win: @Meta stops using EU/EEA data for “Meta AI” after 11 complaints by noyb and mounting criticism by other EU/EEA data protection authorities! 😀🥂 More: https://noyb.eu/...
2024-06-16 View on X
Reuters

Meta will pause the launch of Meta AI in EU after the Irish DPC asked it to delay training its LLMs using adult EU users' public Facebook and Instagram content

Meta pauses AI models launch in Europe due to Irish request | … @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social : 💪🙌💥Public pressure works! #meta delays implementing their AI training of users person...

2024-06-15
(Preliminary) noyb win: @Meta stops using EU/EEA data for “Meta AI” after 11 complaints by noyb and mounting criticism by other EU/EEA data protection authorities! 😀🥂 More: https://noyb.eu/...
2024-06-15 View on X
Reuters

Meta will pause the launch of Meta AI in EU after the Irish DPC asked it to delay training its LLMs using adult EU users' public Facebook and Instagram content

Meta Platforms (META.O) will not launch its Meta AI in Europe for now following a request from the Irish privacy regulator, the U.S. social media company said on Friday.

2024-04-29
🚨 noyb has filed a complaint against the ChatGPT creator OpenAI OpenAI openly admits that it is unable to correct false information about people on ChatGPT. The company cannot even say where the data comes from. Read all about it here 👇 https://t.co/...
2024-04-29 View on X
TechCrunch

Privacy nonprofit noyb files a GDPR complaint against OpenAI in Austria on behalf of an unnamed public figure, who found ChatGPT gave his incorrect birth date

OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union.  This one, which has been filed by privacy rights nonprofit noyb …

2023-12-01
Being tracked for personalized advertising by Meta- or pay up to €251.88 a year to retain the fundamental right to data protection - noyb files new GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay” https://noyb.eu/...
2023-12-01 View on X
Reuters

The BEUC and its members follow noyb in filing a complaint against Meta's €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy

branding it ‘unfair’ and ‘illegal’ Théophane Hartmann / Euractiv : Consumer groups file complaint against Meta's ‘pay-or-consent’ model X: Robert Bateman / @robertjbateman : If Met...

2023-11-30
Being tracked for personalized advertising by Meta- or pay up to €251.88 a year to retain the fundamental right to data protection - noyb files new GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay” https://noyb.eu/...
2023-11-30 View on X
Reuters

The BEUC and its members follow noyb in filing a complaint against Meta's €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy

Meta Platforms' (META.O) advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month …

2023-07-11
The EU Commission just presented a “new” “Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework” #TADPF with the USA - which is largely a copy of #PrivacyShield. noyb will challenge the decision. https://noyb.eu/...
2023-07-11 View on X
Bloomberg

The EU and the US agree to a new data transfer deal, which is likely to face a legal challenge given EU judges threw out two prior pacts over privacy concerns

they even forgot to rename the link in the footer: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ ... https://twitter.com/... [image] Eric Mamer / @mamereric : Today we adopted the 🇪🇺 EU-US...

2023-06-27
🚨🕵️ Instead of taking criticism from all over Ireland and Europe seriously, the @DPCIreland has slipped an Amendment into an Irish bill, that would make talking about #GDPR procedures a crime! 🤐 The final vote @OireachtasNews is on Wednesday! ⏩More: https://noyb.eu/...
2023-06-27 View on X
Fortune

A last-minute amendment to an Irish bill would let the Data Protection Commission declare some info in privacy complaints as “confidential”, sparking an uproar

given the lack of public discussion it may have simply been overlooked what this really means for freedom of speech and journalism. https://twitter.com/... Forums: Hacker News : Ir...

2023-05-23
❗Breaking ❗ noyb win: € 1.2 billion GDPR fine for Meta over US mass surveillance. Decision required 10 years and 3 court procedures against Irish DPC. https://noyb.eu/...
2023-05-23 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The EU issues Meta a record €1.2B GDPR fine for sending European user data to the US and orders stopping the transfers and unlawful processing within six months

but only for 15 minutes European Data Protection Board : Binding Decision 1/2023 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on data transfers by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for it...

Today, a decade-long (2013 - 2023) case on Meta's involvement in US mass surveillance has lead to a first direct decision. Meta must stop any further transfers of European personal data to the United States, given that Meta is subject to US surveillance laws (like FISA 702).
2023-05-23 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The EU issues Meta a record €1.2B GDPR fine for sending European user data to the US and orders stopping the transfers and unlawful processing within six months

but only for 15 minutes European Data Protection Board : Binding Decision 1/2023 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on data transfers by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for it...

2023-05-22
Today, a decade-long (2013 - 2023) case on Meta's involvement in US mass surveillance has lead to a first direct decision. Meta must stop any further transfers of European personal data to the United States, given that Meta is subject to US surveillance laws (like FISA 702).
2023-05-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months

Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open

❗Breaking ❗ noyb win: € 1.2 billion GDPR fine for Meta over US mass surveillance. Decision required 10 years and 3 court procedures against Irish DPC. https://noyb.eu/...
2023-05-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months

Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open

2023-03-30
So @Meta is now switching from illegal “contracts” to illegal “legitimate interests”, at least as #step1 they will now have to provide an opt-out - @noybeu will now take the next steps to get to “opt-in-consent” in a #step2 it seems... #GDPR https://noyb.eu/...
2023-03-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: to comply with EU privacy rulings, Meta will let users opt out of some highly personalized ads, using an online form that Meta will review and approve

Facebook, Instagram parent hopes plans to alter a privacy approach that would limit the impact from EU orders

2023-01-31
❗❗The European Commission has committed to examining every large-scale GDPR case, everywhere in Europe. It will measure how long each procedural step in a case is taking, and what the relevant data protection authorities are doing to progress the case: https://www.iccl.ie/...
2023-01-31 View on X
Bloomberg

EU Commission changes, triggered by human rights group ICCL, mean regulators in Ireland and elsewhere will report six times a year on GDPR, violations, and more

It's well established that the European Union has some of the strictest privacy laws in the world, threatening fines of up to 4% of a company's annual turnover.

2023-01-05
🚨BREAKING: Following noyb litigation, @Meta (Facebook and Instagram) has been prohibited from using personal data for advertisement. The #GDPR decision signals a major blow to Meta's business model in Europe, as Meta faces a € 390 Mio fine. ➡https://noyb.eu/...
2023-01-05 View on X
Politico

The Irish DPC fines Meta €390M over GDPR breaches related to its ad and data handling practices, giving the company three months to comply; Meta plans to appeal

quickly — find a new legal basis for its sprawling targeted advertising empire. 🧵 https://pro.politico.eu/... @maxschrems : So, @noybeu (that the @DPCIreland calls “an [unspecified...

2022-10-08
📢BREAKING: First reaction on Executive Order on US Surveillance: https://noyb.eu/...
2022-10-08 View on X
CNBC

Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies

- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.

2021-09-03
WhatsApp issued second-largest GDPR fine of €225m: “The DPC gets about 10,000 complaints per year since 2018 - and this is the first major fine” https://www.bbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-09-03 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Ireland's Data Protection Commission, on behalf of the EU, fines WhatsApp €225M for privacy violations, the second-largest fine under GDPR; WhatsApp will appeal

Regulators say chat-service unit failed to disclose fully how it collected and shared data about its users Source: Data Protection Commission .

2021-07-20
📢 BREAKING: Austrian Supreme Court asks CJEU if Facebook “undermines” the GDPR by confusing ‘consent’ with an alleged ‘contract’. If so, they would not only have to stop processing data, but also pay damages to millions! More here: https://noyb.eu/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-20 View on X
noyb.eu

Austria's Supreme Court asks CJEU if Facebook “undermines” GDPR by treating a contract as consent to deliver targeted ads, following a request from Max Schrems

BREAKING: Austrian Supreme Court asks CJEU if Facebook “undermines” the GDPR by confusing ‘consent’ with an alleged ‘contract’.