Moderate
Enforcement
Announced
Ireland · Oct 15, 2021
Irish DPC orders noyb to remove draft decision from website
The Irish Data Protection Commission sent a take‑down request to privacy activist group noyb on 14 Oct 2021, ordering removal of a draft decision that allegedly strips Facebook users of GDPR rights. noyb refused, citing Austrian law and…
Irish Data Protection Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Fine
Announced
Ireland · Sep 2, 2021
Irish DPC issues €225 million fine against WhatsApp
The Irish Data Protection Commission imposed a €225 million fine on WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) under the GDPR. The fine was increased from an initial €50 million after pressure from other EU data protection authorities. Max Schrems of…
Irish Data Protection Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Filed
European Union · Aug 13, 2021
noyb files complaints against cookie paywalls of seven German and Austrian news sites over unlawful consent
noyb filed complaints against the cookie paywalls of SPIEGEL.de, Zeit.de, heise.de, FAZ.net, derStandard.at, krone.at and t-online.de, arguing that the "pay or okay" model violates the GDPR's requirement for freely given consent. The…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Filed
European Union · Aug 10, 2021
noyb files 422 GDPR complaints over deceptive cookie banners
noyb filed 422 formal GDPR complaints with data protection authorities in ten EU countries concerning dark‑pattern cookie banners. After a warning phase, 42% of identified violations were remedied, but 82% of the 516 sites still breach the…
Data Protection Authorities · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Decided
Austria · Aug 4, 2021
Austrian DPA orders credit agency CRIF to disclose scoring logic after GDPR complaint
The Austrian Data Protection Authority ruled that CRIF's credit assessment constitutes profiling under the GDPR and must disclose that the creditworthiness score was calculated only from address, gender, name and date of birth. CRIF must…
Austrian Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Pending
European Union · Jul 19, 2021
noyb reports 2.5‑year delay in GDPR access‑request complaints against streaming services
In January 2019 noyb filed complaints against eight streaming services for failing to comply with the GDPR right of access. After two and a half years only one complaint was resolved after noyb took the responsible authority to court. The…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Settlement
Settled
European Union · Jul 16, 2021
Max Schrems notes settlement with Irish DPC in Jan 2021 amid Schrems II fallout
The statement highlights that of the 101 model complaints filed by noyb after the Schrems II ruling, none have been decided yet. It notes that the original Facebook complaint led to a settlement with the Irish Data Protection Commission in…
Irish Data Protection Commission · Standard Contractual Clauses
Moderate
Enforcement
Announced
European Union · May 31, 2021
noyb launches automated system, sends 500 draft GDPR cookie‑banner complaints across Europe
noyb sent more than 500 draft GDPR complaints to companies using unlawful cookie banners, offering a one‑month grace period before filing formal complaints. The NGO developed software to detect violations and generate complaints…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Filed
European Union · May 26, 2021 · effective May 25, 2018
Digital Rights alliance files legal complaints across Europe against facial recognition company Clearview AI
Noyb and other EU digital‑rights groups submitted complaints to data‑protection authorities in France, Austria, Italy, Greece and the United Kingdom to halt Clearview AI's mass facial‑recognition surveillance. The regulators have three…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Announced
Ireland · May 21, 2021
European Parliament urges Commission to launch infringement proceedings against Ireland over GDPR enforcement
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to start infringement procedures against Ireland due to delays by the Irish Data Protection Commission in handling GDPR complaints. The resolution noted that…
European Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Announced
Austria · May 5, 2021
Austrian DPA may fine Google up to €6 billion for illegal EU‑US data transfers
The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) has the option under the GDPR to impose a fine of up to €6 billion (4% of global turnover) on Google for continuing to transfer personal data from EU websites to the United States despite CJEU…
Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
France · Apr 6, 2021
noyb files complaint to French CNIL over Google’s Android Advertising ID tracking without consent
noyb lodged a complaint with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) alleging that Google’s Android Advertising Identifier (AAID) is installed on Android phones without user consent. The complaint cites the e‑Privacy Directive’s…
CNIL · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Announced
Ireland · Mar 18, 2021
Irish DPC cancels scheduled EU‑US data‑transfer hearing with European Parliament
Irish Data Protection Commission head Helen Dixon cancelled her participation in a European Parliament LIBE Committee hearing scheduled for 18 March 2021 after demanding to be heard alone. The hearing was intended to discuss EU‑US data…
Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Austria · Mar 18, 2021
noyb files GDPR complaint against CRIF and AZ Direct over illegal data exchange
noyb lodged a GDPR complaint on 18 March 2021 against credit scoring firm CRIF GmbH and address publisher AZ Direct for exchanging personal data without a legal basis. The complaint alleges violations of the GDPR purpose‑limitation…
Austrian Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Austria · Feb 8, 2021
noyb files GDPR complaint against Austrian credit data broker KSV 1870
On 08.02.2021, the privacy NGO noyb lodged a GDPR complaint with the Austrian data protection authority alleging that KSV 1870 stores identification data from access requests in its commercial database, violating purpose‑limitation. The…
Austrian Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Announced
Germany · Jan 28, 2021 · deadline Feb 12, 2021
Hamburg DPA preliminarily deems Clearview AI’s biometric profiling of EU residents illegal and orders partial deletion
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority preliminarily found that Clearview AI’s collection of biometric profiles of Europeans violates the GDPR and ordered the deletion of the mathematical hash values of the complainant’s biometric profile.…
Hamburg Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Fine
In effect
Norway (EEA) · Jan 26, 2021
Norwegian DPA fines Grindr €9.63 million for illegal sharing of sensitive data
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of 100 Mio NOK on Grindr for sharing personal and sensitive data without valid consent. The authority found Grindr's consent mechanism invalid and highlighted the company's lack of…
Norwegian Data Protection Authority · General Data Protection Regulation
Moderate
Enforcement
Filed
European Union · Jan 22, 2021
noyb files complaint against European Parliament over US data transfers and deceptive cookie banners
noyb filed a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor on behalf of six MEPs alleging illegal transfers of personal data to US providers Google and Stripe and misleading cookie banners on the Parliament's COVID‑19 testing…
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Settlement
Settled
Ireland · Jan 13, 2021
Irish DPC settles judicial review, pledges swift decision on Facebook EU‑US data transfers
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) settled a judicial review with Max Schrems and agreed to decide quickly on Facebook's EU‑US data flows. The settlement allows Schrems to be heard in the DPC's own‑volition procedure and to access…
Irish Data Protection Commission · General Data Protection Regulation
Low
Enforcement
Filed
Germany · Nov 16, 2020
noyb files complaints against Apple's IDFA tracking code
The privacy NGO noyb filed two complaints with the German and Spanish data protection authorities alleging that Apple's Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) tracks users without consent, violating the EU e‑Privacy Directive. The complaints…
EDPB · General Data Protection Regulation
