🇦🇹 "Austria's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered #Meta to provide an online #privacy rights campaigner with access to all of his personal data within two weeks, after a marathon 11-year legal battle. #Schrems was awarded €500 in damages." 🧑‍⚖️ Read more: www.barrons.com/news/austria...

♥️ Are you still looking for organisations to #support this holiday season? 🎁 You can play an integral part in keeping noyb running by joining us as a Supporting Member or donating. Investing in noyb means investing in the #privacy of us all.

📝 "European digital rights group NOYB filed a complaint against #Tiktok, as well as #Grindr and digital marketing company #AppsFlyer, over claims they breached online #privacy laws by tracking user’s inter-app activities." 🔐 Read more 👉 www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/18/t...

🇪🇺🧑‍⚖️"Austria's Supreme Court has ruled that #Meta's personalised advertising model is unlawful, requiring the company to provide #EU users full access to their personal data within 14 days of a request." Read more 👉 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

📰🇪🇺 "#Meta must grant users from the #EU full access to all personal data within 14 days, according to the Austrian Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed by Max #Schrems in 2014." (from German) Read more 👉 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

"Noyb claims that TikTok harvests personal data not only from its own app but through other apps – including […] Grindr: an app that collects sensitive information about its users’ sexual orientation, dating life and other personal habits." www.euractiv.com/news/tiktok-...

noyb WIN: The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled that Meta must give users full access to their data. All of Meta's claims of trade secrets or other limitations were rejected, leading to unprecedented access to the inner workings of Meta. noyb.eu/en/austrian-...

📰 "noyb said TikTok tracked a particular user's Grindr activity via data firm AppsFlyer, raising concerns about breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)." Reuters on our most recent complaints against TikTok and Grindr: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

🎙️ Max #Schrems was invited to the podcast "Grumpy GDPR" — hosted by Rie Aleksandra Walle & Miloš Novović — to talk about all things #DigitalOmnibus and noyb's work since its proposal. 🚌 🎧 You can listen to the full episode here 👉 share.transistor.fm/s/35d936bf?r...

📰 „Beim Datenschutz ist Deutschland inzwischen dem Silicon Valley näher als dem Rest der EU“: Max Schrems hat ein ausführliches Interview mit Netzpolitik.org geführt. Hier nachlesen 👇 netzpolitik.org/2025/dsgvo-r...

Ich hab ein langes Interview mit Max Schrems (@noyb.eu) über den derzeitigen Angriff auf den europäischen Datenschutz geführt. Er sagt: Nirgends wird der Datenschutz so zum Sündenbock für eigenes Versagen bei der Digitalisierung gemacht wie in Deutschland.

🚨 noyb has filed complaints against #TikTok and #Grindr. As it turns out, TikTok even tracks you while you're using other apps. For example, TikTok was able to track a person’s Grindr usage - which allows it to draw conclusions about his sexual orientation and sex life 👉 noyb.eu/en/tiktok-un...

🎉 noyb win against giropay & Hesse DPA: a German court decided that giropay likely unlawfully processed sensitive data on the complainant's sex life and health. The decision took so long that giropay entered liquidation - and deleted the user's data. gdprhub.eu/index.php?ti...

⚖️ In light of the upcoming US #SupremeCourt ruling in #Trump v. Slaughter, we took a detailed look at the implications for US-EU #datatransfers. In short: It's time for EU companies to prepare for more trouble to come. noyb.eu/en/eu-us-dat...

📝 #DigitalOmnibus - First Feedback 💭 Are you a DPO, lawyer or other #privacy professional? We would like to know your first impressions of the proposed changes to the #GDPR. 🇪🇺 ⏱️ Completing this anonymous #survey takes under 5 minutes. 👇

🕵️ noyb is #hiring! 🔎 We are currently looking for a Full Stack Developer and an IT-Project Manager. For more information, click here 👉 noyb.eu/en/jobs#hiring We're looking forward to hearing from you! #railsjob #techjob #rubyonrails #devjob

📝 #DigitalOmnibus - First Feedback 💭 Are you a DPO, lawyer or other #privacy professional? We would like to know your first impressions of the proposed changes to the #GDPR. 🇪🇺 ⏱️ Completing this anonymous #survey takes under 5 minutes. 👇

☕ Are you still looking for an interesting Sunday read? Our report on the recently proposed #DigitalOmnibus might be a good fit! It compares existing law with the #EUCommission's proposal and compiles all our insights. 📃 👇 Read the full report here 👇 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...

🚨 Given the significant changes the #GDPR is facing, we will need to dedicate more and more resources to ensure that your fundamental #rights are preserved and that #enforcement remains feasible. 👇 Want to help? Learn how 👇 #LetsMakePrivacyReality

📝 #DigitalOmnibus - First Feedback 📝 💭 Are you a #DPO, #lawyer or other #privacy professional? We would like to know your first impressions of the proposed changes to the #GDPR. 🇪🇺 ⏱️ Completing this anonymous #survey takes under 5 minutes. 👉 survey.noyb.eu/index.php?r=...

💼 Vacant position: #IT-Project Manager #Legal #Tech 🔎 Are you looking for a meaningful and high-impact #job in a diverse, pan-European team? Find all important information about this position here 👉 noyb.eu/sites/defaul...#IT-Project#Legal✉️ Apply now and join the noyb team in Vienna!

💼 noyb is #hiring! We are currently looking for a full-stack #developer for our team in Vienna! 🇦🇹 👇 Find all important information about this position here 👉 noyb.eu/sites/defaul...#hiring#developer✉️ Apply now! We are looking forward to hearing from you! #rubyonrails #devjob #techjobs

🍪🇪🇺 Pay or Okay systems require payment if you want to reject #cookies, nudging 99.9% of users to consent. Given the upcoming guidelines by the #EDPB on this highly controversial approach, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices. Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...

🎙️ Hör rein ins Ö1-Interview mit Max #Schrems über den Digitalen Omnibus. "Dies ist der größte Angriff auf die digitalen Rechte der Europäer seit Jahren." 🎧 ab Minute 12:33 👉 sound.orf.at/podcast/oe1/...

Mit Blick auf das Reformpaket der EU-Kommission zeigen sich die Mitgliedstaaten gespalten. Einige setzen wie die Kommission auf Deregulierung und wollen so die europäische Digitalwirtschaft ankurbeln. Andere wiederum würden lieber die Umsetzung der bestehenden Regeln verbessern.

📃 noyb has compiled a 71-page report on the Digital Omnibus proposal. In it, we discuss relevant changes to the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive. We also discuss the impact on data subjects, authorities and controllers. Full report 👇 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...

🎉 noyb WIN: The French DPA has fined Conde Nast €750.000 for placing cookies on its Vanity Fair website without consent! The sanction follows a series of noyb complaints from 2019 (!). The decision: www.cnil.fr/en/cookies-p... noyb's original complaints: noyb.eu/en/say-no-co...

📺 Our team did a deep dive into the #DigitalOmnibus. This video discusses the issues regarding (1) the personal data definition, (2) the new "research" exemption, (3) limitations to transparency rules and (4) the new "access to terminal equipment" rules. youtu.be/-pv9gamS9sQ?...

🚨 Today, the EU Commission will present the #DigitalOmnibus to the European Parliament (EP) for the first time. We urge the EP to oppose any changes that would undermine the fundamental right to privacy. All the details on the planned GDPR reform 👇 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...

📰🇪🇺 "The European #Commission announced several changes to its landmark digital laws as it hopes to "unleash innovation" – but insisted it is not ripping up its global standard-setting #dataprotection rules." Read the full article 👀 www.brusselstimes.com/1845277/eu-w...

🗞️ "This is the biggest attack on Europeans' digital rights in years. When the #commission states that it 'maintains the highest standards', it clearly is incorrect," Austrian privacy activist Max #Schrems said." Read more 👉 www.dw.com/en/eu-propos...

📰 "If [the proposed changes get] approved by legislators, the changes will strip Europeans of data #privacy protections that have long been the toughest in the world but which #BigTech and the #US government say is onerous." Read more 👉 therecord.media/european-com...#privacy#BigTech

🇪🇺 "This is the biggest attack on European's digital rights in years," said Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems "When the Commission states that it 'maintains the highest standards', it clearly is incorrect. It proposes to undermine these standards." www.cnet.com/tech/service...

📰🇪🇺 "The #EU Commission has been accused of 'a massive rollback' of digital rules after announcing proposals to […] water down its #GDPR. The changes would make it easier for tech firms to use personal data to train #AI without asking for consent." 👉 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

📰"The announced reform package is here, and the #EU Commission remains on a collision course: instead of simplifying data protection, it is eroding fundamental rights. Instead of helping European companies, it is accommodating #BigTech." (from German) 👉 netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...

📰 "#Privacy reforms face opposition from center and left groups but is welcomed by the right." Read the full article, including various reactions to the "#DigitalOmnibus" proposal, here: 👉 www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

📰 "Die #EU-Kommission hat alle Warnungen von Datenschützern und aus der Zivilgesellschaft ignoriert und eine weitgehende Revision digitaler Schutzrechte eingeleitet." Lies mehr über die gestrige Präsentation des "Digitalen #Omnibus" 👉 taz.de/Lockerung-vo...#EU-Kommission#Omnibus131136/

📰 "#Privacy activists are predictably outraged. Billboards urging Ursula von der Leyen to put Europeans over #American tech CEOs lined the street outside the #Commission HQ, the Berlaymont, throughout Wednesday morning." 👉 Continue reading: www.euractiv.com/news/eus-dig...

📰🇪🇺 Die #EU plant nach Kritik aus der Branche eine Lockerung der Auflagen für Technologiekonzerne. #NOYB kritisierte den Gesetzentwurf scharf. „Dies ist der größte Angriff auf die digitalen Rechte der Europäer seit Jahren“, sagte #Schrems. 👉 Lies mehr: www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...

🗞️🇪🇺 "Europe is set to streamline its #AI and privacy laws in a move critics say will appease Big Tech and U.S. President Donald Trump. 127 civil organisations called the proposals 'the biggest rollback of digital fundamental rights in EU history'." 👉 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

❗🇪🇺 The ‘Digital Omnibus’ has now been officially presented by the European #Commission.👀 Read all about what this means for the #GDPR on our website 👉 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...

📰 "With the 'Digital Omnibus', the #Commission claims to reduce burdens and simplify regulation for businesses. However, this premise rests on a misleading assumption: that Europe’s #innovation is being held back by excessive regulation." Read more 👉 epicenter.works/en/content/d...#Commission

💬 ‘Imagine there was a speed limit that didn't apply if you considered the risk to be low. Good luck to the police in enforcing that.’ (from German) Read the full #interview with Max Schrems about the ‘Digital Omnibus’ and the problems with the #GDPR. 👉 taz.de/DSGVO-Tod-du...#interview#GDPR130079/

🚨 The #EU Commission has set in motion a potentially massive #GDPR reform. This could have significant impact on your fundamental right to #privacy. 🤝 noyb is doing everything it can to prevent this outcome. Learn how you can support us! 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/support-us

🇪🇺 "I am surprised and concerned that the GDPR is being reopened and weakened at its core […]" 💬 Read the full article, including comments from Max Schrems and Markéta Gregorová, who is a European Parliament negotiator on the issue 👉 www.brusselstimes.com/1835654/secr...

🗞️ "In this moment of crisis, #Europe should not cripple its best weapon against #US tech dominance, but enforce its laws, defend its sovereignty, create the space for innovation, and prove that democracy can tame Silicon Valley." Read more 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📰 "Bereits Anfang der Woche hatte Max Schrems vor einem Kahlschlag für die Grundrechte in Europa gewarnt […]. In einem ersten Brief hatten noyb, der Irish Council for Civil Liberties und EDRi schon am Montag nicht mit Kritik gespart." Lies mehr 👉 netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...

🇪🇺 The recently leaked "digital omnibus" draft has stirred uproar in #Brussels - centrists and the left warn it’s eroding core #EU #privacy rules. 👉 Find out how political parties are reacting. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

⚠️ Le bouclier européen de la vie privée se fissure. La réforme du RGPD menace nos droits, affaiblit la protection des données et relance le capitalisme de surveillance. 🕵️ Lisez l'article complet pour en savoir plus: 👉 blogs.mediapart.fr/thomas-le-bo...

✍️🇪🇺 noyb has signed an open letter alongside 126 other civil society organisations, trade unions and defenders of the public interest, urging the EU Commission to rethink its plans regarding the Digital Omnibus proposal. 👀 Read the full document here: noyb.eu/sites/defaul...