noyb is the brain child of Max Schrems, a lawyer and privacy activist. In addition to Max, the Board of Directors consists of Christof Tschohl, a lawyer and privacy expert and Petra Leupold, a lawyer and consumer rights expert.
Max Schrems has brought a number of successful legal cases in the area of privacy and data protection. His cases (e.g. against Facebook and the EU-US Safe Harbor Agreement) were widely reported, mainly because no one so far has brought cases in this area. Max had had the idea of a professional privacy enforcement NGO (similar to consumer rights organizations) that brings cases against large corporations on behalf of the users for a while and was ultimately able to realize it through noyb.
Christof Tschohl successfully challenged data retention laws, is the scientific lead of Research Institute and has been enganged in Data Protectiona and IT-Security for many years.
Petra Leupold is the Managing Director of the VKI-Academy, the research academy of the Austrian Consumer Protection Association. She brings invaluable general consumer protection experience to the table and helps to bridge the gap between the tech and the consumer worlds.
The ordinary members of noyb include Members of the European Parliament, Experts from the European Commission, Law Professors and IT-specialists. Ordinary members of noyb meet in a general assembly every two years.