noyb news

17.01.2023
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Irish Data Protection Authority gives € 3.97 billion present to Meta.

The DPC has turned a blind eye on the revenue generated by Meta from violating the GDPR since 2018. Ignoring the EDPB demand to include the unlawful revenue of Meta, reduced the fine by 3,97 Mrd EUR.

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11.01.2023
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Meta Advertising Ban - Decision Published

You can now read the details of the DPC decision! It seems interesting times lie before us in the Courts!

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04.01.2023
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass

BREAKING: Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertising

After almost five years, the Irish DPC decided on a noyb complaint and required Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to stop using the personal data of users for advertisement in the EU.

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13.12.2022
Data Transfers

Statement on EU Comission adequacy decision on US

Our short statement on the draft of an EU-US adequacy decision by the European Commission.

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06.12.2022
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noyb win: Personalized Ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp declared illegal

The EDPB has decided that three Meta Apps (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) did not have a legal basis to process user data since May 2018. Meta's legal trick has been rejected.

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09.11.2022
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GDPR Rights in Sweden: Court confirms that authority must investigate complaints.

The Stockholm administrative court held that a complainant under Article 77 GDPR has the right to request a decision from the Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) after six months.

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