Notices by noyb.eu (noybeu@mastodon.social), page 2

You thought paying for your seat was annoying? If Meta's "Pay or Okay" approach is legitimised by the EDPB, paying an extra fee for your privacy will become a standard for other services as well.

⏩ https://noyb.eu/en/28-ngos-urge-eu-dpas-reject-pay-or-okay-meta

Meta's "Pay or Okay" model forces users to accept tracking or pay for their own data. If other companies follow this approach, privacy will soon be a luxury.

Help us defend your fundamental right to data protection and REALLY invest in your privacy! 👇🔒

https://noyb.eu/en/support-us

⚠ noyb filed a second complaint against Meta concerning its "Pay or Okay" system!

The company not only charges a "privacy fee" from users who don't want to be tracked. It also ignores the users' right to easily withdraw their consent.

More on our website 👇

https://noyb.eu/en/meta-ignores-users-right-easily-withdraw-consent

🚨 Data protection professionals! Do you want to go beyond mere compliance paperwork and have what it takes to enforce the GDPR?

We are looking for a data protection lawyer to expand our team and would love to hear from you! 🎉

https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-lawyer

Being tracked for personalized advertising by Meta– or pay up to €251.88 a year to retain the fundamental right to data protection - noyb files new GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay”
▶️ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-gdpr-complaint-against-meta-over-pay-or-okay

⚠ noyb filed a complaint against the EU Commission

👉 The EU Commission used unlawful micro-targeting on X to promote its chat control legislation

👉 This violated the EU GDPR and undermined established democratic procedures between EU institutions

read more:

https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-complaint-against-eu-commission-over-targeted-chat-control-ads

"In a move to circumvent EU privacy law, Platform giant Meta reportedly plans to ask users to pay up to €228 a year to preserve their fundamental right to privacy on its platforms."

Read our blog post for EDRi to learn all about Meta's next coup 👇

https://edri.org/our-work/meta-plans-paid-subscription-for-users-who-dont-want-to-be-tracked/

⚠ Meta will apparently to move to a "Pay for your Rights" model in the European Union!

EU users would then have to pay $ 168 a year if they don't want to give up their fundamental right to privacy on Facebook and Instagram. This move is inacceptable.

https://noyb.eu/en/meta-facebook-instagram-move-pay-your-rights-approach

📝 Have you ever wondered how mobile apps are handling your personal data?

Fnac, MyFitnessPal and SeLoger illegally share it with third parties immediatly after opening.

To stop this practice, we filed three complaints against the companies in France.

https://noyb.eu/en/how-mobile-apps-illegally-share-your-personal-data

Do you own a Fitbit? Then chances are that your personal data is being unlawfully transferred to the US and other countries outside the EU.

We filed three complaints to stop Fitbit from forcing new app users to consent to these transfers.

https://noyb.eu/en/your-fitbit-useless-unless-you-consent-unlawful-data-sharing

Our annual report for 2022 is out now! 🎉

👉 2022 was the year of major decisions in our long-standing cases on EU-US data transfers

👉 We filed 229 new complaints with DPAs

👉 And we continued to push foward our nearly 800 preexisting cases

https://noyb.eu/en/annual-report-2022-out-now

⚠ Three years ago today, we have filed 101 complaints against companies that relied on illegal data transfers to the USA.

📊 A new analysis now shows: Because of inactive DPAs, more than 70 percent of those complaints are still pending today.

https://noyb.eu/en/23-years-illegal-data-transfers-due-inactive-dpas-and-new-eu-us-deals

We are looking for #GDPR lawyers for litigation projects, as we expand our unique team in Vienna - share 🔄 and find out more 💡 about this exceptional option at https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-lawyer

Wondering what's up with Meta's promise to ask EU users for consent for behavioural advertising? Find out more in our blog post for @edri

https://edri.org/our-work/meta-pledges-to-ask-eu-users-for-consent-before-showing-behavioural-ads/

We are hiring a Data Protection Lawyer! 🚨

You want to join a purpose-driven team, go beyond mere GDPR compliance paperwork, have what it takes to enforce the GDPR and build strategic litigation? Then get in contact with us today!

https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-lawyer?hiring=yes

New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework is largely a copy of "Privacy Shield". noyb will challenge the decision
Why? Read more here: https://noyb.eu/en/european-commission-gives-eu-us-data-transfers-third-round-cjeu

?Worst Cookie Banners soon gone?
A task force within the @EU_EDPB issued a draft report in reaction to our 700+ cookie banner complaints and largely support our claims. If implemented, this report could ensure minimum requirements for cookie banners:
➡https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-authorities-support-noybs-call-fair-yesno-cookie-banners

?Breaking: Following our complaints from 2018, Meta's business model has been declared illegal in the EU. The EDPB decided that Meta cannot force users to agree to personalized ads.
Read our full statement here: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-personalized-ads-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-declared-illegal