Notices by noyb.eu (noybeu@mastodon.social)

🎉 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.

https://noyb.eu/en/political-microtargeting-eu-commission-illegal

📰 "BeReal deploys an aggressive “nudging tactic” to pester users who refuse its tracking, per noyb’s complaint."

Techcrunch on our complaint against BeReal 👇

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/bereal-hit-with-privacy-complaint-over-how-it-asks-eu-users-to-agree-to-tracking/

🚨 The Irish DPC has launched an inquiry into Ryanair's invasive facial recognition process, following a complaint from noyb!

https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/press-releases/data-protection-commission-launches-inquiry-ryanairs-customer-verification-process

#FunFact: Meta has decided that our posting on them violating the GDPR would violate their "community standards" and deleted it several times on http://facebook.com..

🎉🇧🇪 noyb win: Following our complaints from 2023, the Belgian data protection authority has ordered four major Belgian news sites
▶️ to bring their cookie banners into GDPR compliance and
▶️ imposes potential penalty of €50,000 per day per website
Read more: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-belgian-dpa-settlement-turned-proper-legal-orders-deceptive-cookie-banners

🚨 noyb has filed a complaint against Google for tricking Chrome users into ad tracking!

👉 Google's so-called Privacy Sandbox is presented as a privacy feature. But when users enable it, they are unknowingly consenting to online tracking.

More details:
https://noyb.eu/en/google-sandbox-online-tracking-instead-privacy

🚨 noyb has filed two complaints against #Microsoft (365 Education) for violating children's data protection rights!

👉 The company shifts responsibility for #GDPR compliance to local schools...

👉 ...and places tracking cookies without consent

Read all about it here:

https://noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-childrens-privacy-blames-your-local-school

🚨 In case you missed it: We filed a complaint against OpenAI on Monday!

Read all about it on The Register 👇

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/29/openai_hit_by_gdpr_complaint/

🚨 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://noyb.eu/en/chatgpt-provides-false-information-about-people-and-openai-cant-correct-it

🚨 Breaking via Politico: #GDPR #BREAKING:

The EDPB takes the view that "large online platforms" like Meta cannot rely on a "pay or okay" system to get "freely given" consent. [Details to follow]

First noyb statement:

https://noyb.eu/en/statement-edpb-pay-or-okay-opinion

🎥 Have you ever wondered why more and more websites implement 'Pay or Okay' systems?

In our new video, we explain what it is all about and why the approach is dangerous for free consent online!

⏩ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pybSRk7mFbk

👉 Still not sure what to make of Meta's 'Pay or Okay' model?

Researcheres at Utrecht University have come to the conclusion that it violates the GDPR, as it fails to ensure that consent is freely given.

📝 Read the full paper here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4787609

🚨 EU Commission launches DMA investigation against Meta over "Pay or Okay"!

👉 They suspect that the system breaches the DMA rules on data combination and doesn't give users a real choice.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_24_1702

You thought paying for your seat was annoying? If Meta's "Pay or Okay" approach is legitimised by the EDPB, paying an extra fee for your privacy will become a standard for other services as well.

⏩ https://noyb.eu/en/28-ngos-urge-eu-dpas-reject-pay-or-okay-meta

⚠ noyb filed a second complaint against Meta concerning its "Pay or Okay" system!

The company not only charges a "privacy fee" from users who don't want to be tracked. It also ignores the users' right to easily withdraw their consent.

More on our website 👇

https://noyb.eu/en/meta-ignores-users-right-easily-withdraw-consent

🚨 GDPR complaint against X (Twitter) over illegal micro-targeting for chat control ads!

The platform unlawfully used the political views and religious beliefs of its users to determine whether they should see an ad campaign from the EU Commission.

https://noyb.eu/en/gdpr-complaint-against-x-twitter-over-illegal-micro-targeting-chat-control-ads

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/en/noyb-files-gdpr-complaint-against-meta-over-pay-or-okay

⚠ noyb filed a complaint against the EU Commission

👉 The EU Commission used unlawful micro-targeting on X to promote its chat control legislation

👉 This violated the EU GDPR and undermined established democratic procedures between EU institutions

read more:

https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-complaint-against-eu-commission-over-targeted-chat-control-ads

"In a move to circumvent EU privacy law, Platform giant Meta reportedly plans to ask users to pay up to €228 a year to preserve their fundamental right to privacy on its platforms."

Read our blog post for EDRi to learn all about Meta's next coup 👇

https://edri.org/our-work/meta-plans-paid-subscription-for-users-who-dont-want-to-be-tracked/

⚠ Meta will apparently to move to a "Pay for your Rights" model in the European Union!

EU users would then have to pay $ 168 a year if they don't want to give up their fundamental right to privacy on Facebook and Instagram. This move is inacceptable.

https://noyb.eu/en/meta-facebook-instagram-move-pay-your-rights-approach