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

⚖️🚨 Today, noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI. Despite several bans and fines, Clearview hasn't changed its illegal practices. If successful, Clearview AI and its executives could face jail time and be held personally liable.

https://noyb.eu/en/criminal-complaint-against-facial-recognition-company-clearview-ai

🥳 Have you heard of the most recent noyb #WIN? The DSB issued a decision finding that #Microsoft365Education illegally tracks students.

💬 Read more here (includes a #comment from a Microsoft spokesperson): https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/13/microsoft_365_education_gdpr/

📰🧒 "The DSB, #Austria’s data protection authority, has ruled that #Microsoft is illegally #tracking students with Microsoft 365 Education and uses student data for its own purposes."

Read the full article, including a comment by Max Schrems here 👉 https://cybernews.com/privacy/microsoft-may-not-track-school-children-austrian-dpa-says/

🎉 Big #WIN for student privacy! 🔒 Austria’s DPA has issued a decision finding that #Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks pupils and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes.

📰 Read the full blog post, including a comment by Max #Schrems 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-365-education-tracks-school-children

⚖️ #Traineeship opportunity ⚖️

👉 Looking for an exciting path into #litigation, IT law and digital rights? As a European #NGO for digital rights, we’re seeking bright new people to support our work as a #trainee from April 2026 onwards.

❗You are interested and hold a law degree from an EEA university? Apply now! 👉 https://noyb.eu/de/traineeship

🚨 In case you missed it: We've filed a complaint against Whitebridge AI. The company sells “reputation reports” on everyone with an online presence to anyone willing to pay for it. The company doesn't have a legal basis for this.

Learn all about it 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/whitebridgeai-your-personal-data-sale-you-and-anyone

📰 "'Just kissing the US’s ass behind the scenes seems to be not enough anymore,' said Max Schrems. The Irish Data Protection Commission has appointed Niamh Sweeney, an ex-WhatsApp, Facebook and Stripe lobbyist, as third commissioner to lead its work."

👉 https://www.euractiv.com/news/irish-privacy-regulator-picks-ex-meta-lobbyist-as-third-commissioner/

🎉 noyb WIN! The French DPA has fined Google €325 million for creating spam emails in Gmail

The desicison is based on a noyb complaint from 2022.

Read all about it here 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-french-dpa-fines-google-eu325-million-spam-emails-gmail

🎉 noyb WIN: YouTube ordered to honour user’s right of access

The Austrian DPA has sided with noyb and ordered Google to fully answer the complainant's access request in accordance with Article 15 GDPR.

More information 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-youtube-ordered-honour-users-right-access

🗞️⚖️ "The Austrian Federal Administrative Court has confirmed that the "Pay or Okay" consent model violates European data protection laws, delivering a significant ruling against leading newspaper DerStandard.at on August 18, 2025."

👀 Read more: https://ppc.land/austrian-court-rules-pay-or-okay-model-illegal-for-derstandard-newspaper/

🚨 We conducted a survey on Meta AI and the actual wishes of EU users

👉 Only 7% actually want Meta to take their data for AI training

👉 Only 40% saw Meta's warnings

👉 27% of Meta users (at least 68 million) haven't even heard about the plans

https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-survey-only-7-users-want-meta-use-their-personal-data-ai

📈 In order to keep noyb running, we need stable, long-term funding for a team of #experts. 🤝 You can play an integral part in this task by joining us as a Supporting Member.

We are grateful for any amount you want to invest in noyb's work for a future where privacy is reality!

👉 Join noyb as a Supporting Member! https://noyb.eu/en/support-us

#MakePrivacyReality

📰 CyberNews "[noyb] filed complaints against Chinese companies TikTok, AliExpress, and WeChat for failing to comply with EU data regulations."

👉 Read more here: https://cybernews.com/news/tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-privacy-violations/

🗞️ "TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat stand accused of failing to live up to the General Data Protection Regulation’s rules on data access. Noyb [...] has filed a trio of data protection complaints."

👀 Read more: https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/privacy-ngo-noyb-targets-three-chinese-apps-with-data-access-complaints/

🚨 Today, we've filed complaints against TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat

👉 All three tech companies have failed to comply with access requests under Article 15 GDPR.  This makes it impossible for European users to exercise their fundamental right to privacy, to find out how their personal data is being processed.

More details 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights

🐝 The dating platform #Bumble sends user data to #OpenAI without their consent. We have therefore filed a GDPR complaint against the company.

📰 Read more on our website: https://noyb.eu/en/bumbles-ai-icebreakers-are-mainly-breaking-eu-law

#AI #law #MakePrivacyReality

🚨 Meta announced today that it will introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This move further consolidates Meta's social networking monopoly. EU law was actually supposed to prevent this.

https://noyb.eu/en/whatsapp-getting-ads-using-personal-data-instagram-and-facebook

🤖Unless you opt-out by May 27th, #Meta will use your data from Instagram and Facebook for #AI training. noyb is now looking into taking legal action.

Read more here: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-sends-meta-cease-and-desist-letter-over-ai-training-european-class-action-potential-next-step

🙅Here's where you can object:
🔹https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/712876720715583
🔹https://help.instagram.com/contact/767264225370182

👉 If you're at CPDP in Brussels, come by our booth and say hi!

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"Privacy watchdog Noyb sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta Wednesday, threatening to pursue a potentially billion-dollar class action to block Meta's AI training, which starts soon in the European Union."

Read more here 👇
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/meta-is-making-users-who-opted-out-of-ai-training-opt-out-again-watchdog-says/