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noybeu, 5 days ago to random

📰 "Microsoft hit with EU privacy complaints over schools’ use of 365 Education suite"

Techcrunch on our complaints against Microsoft 👇

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/04/microsoft-hit-with-eu-privacy-complaints-over-schools-use-of-365-education-suite/

noybeu, 5 days ago to microsoft

🚨 noyb has filed two complaints against #Microsoft (365 Education) for violating children's data protection rights!

👉 The company shifts responsibility for #GDPR compliance to local schools...

👉 ...and places tracking cookies without consent

Read all about it here:

https://noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-childrens-privacy-blames-your-local-school

noybeu, 17 days ago to random

Want to learn more about Pay or Okay? Check out our CPDP panel in Brussels this Friday!

noybeu, 1 month ago to random

🚨 In case you missed it: We filed a complaint against OpenAI on Monday!

Read all about it on The Register 👇

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/29/openai_hit_by_gdpr_complaint/

noybeu, 1 month ago to random

"ChatGPT’s hallucinations draw EU privacy complaint" - Politico on our complaint against OpenAI 👇

https://www.politico.eu/article/chatgpts-hallucinations-get-eu-privacy-complaint/

noybeu, 1 month ago to random

🚨 noyb has filed a complaint against the ChatGPT creator OpenAI

OpenAI openly admits that it is unable to correct false information about people on ChatGPT. The company cannot even say where the data comes from.

Read all about it here 👇

https://noyb.eu/en/chatgpt-provides-false-information-about-people-and-openai-cant-correct-it

noybeu, 1 month ago to meta

⚖ We have published our first statement on the AG Opinion in C-446/21 on #Meta / #GDPR - Meta must limit the use of personal data for advertisment:

👇

https://noyb.eu/en/ag-cjeu-facebook-must-minimize-personal-data-ads-eu

noybeu, 1 month ago to random

📝 The EDPB has just published its binding opinion on "Pay or Okay" on large online platforms 💶💶💶

Read the full text here:

https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2024-04/edpb_opinion_202408_consentorpay_en.pdf

noybeu, 1 month ago to random

🚨 Breaking via Politico: #GDPR #BREAKING:

The EDPB takes the view that "large online platforms" like Meta cannot rely on a "pay or okay" system to get "freely given" consent. [Details to follow]

First noyb statement:

https://noyb.eu/en/statement-edpb-pay-or-okay-opinion

noybeu, 1 month ago to random

🚨 We are hiring another #FullStack #Developer to join our tech team in Vienna!

noybeu, 1 month ago to random

👉 Still not sure what to make of Meta's 'Pay or Okay' model?

Researcheres at Utrecht University have come to the conclusion that it violates the GDPR, as it fails to ensure that consent is freely given.

📝 Read the full paper here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4787609

noybeu, 2 months ago to random

🎥 Have you ever wondered why more and more websites implement 'Pay or Okay' systems?

In our new video, we explain what it is all about and why the approach is dangerous for free consent online!

⏩ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pybSRk7mFbk

noybeu, 2 months ago to random

🎉 We're excited to launch our new website theme for noyb.eu today!

Now, you can find all the information about our work in a more modern and user-friendly design. We hope you'll like it 💻📱.

👉 noyb.eu

noybeu, 2 months ago to random

🚨 EU Commission launches DMA investigation against Meta over "Pay or Okay"!

👉 They suspect that the system breaches the DMA rules on data combination and doesn't give users a real choice.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_24_1702

noybeu, 2 months ago to random

💶💶💶 If "Pay or Okay" is legitimised for Meta, other companies could follow its lead. But what's the current situation in the member states?

In countries like France, Germany, Spain and Italy, protecting your privacy already got extremely expensive.

👉 https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-1500-eu-year-your-online-privacy

noybeu, 2 months ago to random

🚨 The Swedish DPA has announced a review of its handling of complaints against companies that hold a "media license".

Currently, even data brokers can exempt their entire business from all GDPR obligations. We have filed a complaint against this practice (https://noyb.eu/en/swedish-data-brokers-claim-journalists-legal-protection-evade-eu-law) already.

The IMY's press release:
https://www.imy.se/nyheter/imy-ser-over-sin-hantering-av-klagomal-mot-innehavare-av-utgivningsbevis/

noybeu, 2 months ago to random

39 Members of the European Parliament call on Meta to stop "pay or okay" and comply with the #GDPR. They say "privacy may not become a luxury"! 💸💸💸

At the moment this is also before the EDPB and will probably end up at the #CJEU!

👉 https://www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MEPs-Letter-to-Meta-on-Pay-or-Okay.pdf

noybeu, 2 months ago to random

🚨 Thanks to a loophole in Swedish national law, large data brokers can simply obtain a “media licence”, exempting their entire business from the GDPR.

👉 NOYB has now filed a complaint against one data broker to challenge this loophole.

https://noyb.eu/en/swedish-data-brokers-claim-journalists-legal-protection-evade-eu-law

noybeu, 3 months ago to random

🚨 It is not only civil rights organisations that are concerned about Meta's switch to "Pay or Okay".

👉 The EU Commission has sent the company a request for information under the Digital Services Act to see if it is complying with its obligations.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_24_1289

noybeu, 3 months ago to random

The EDPB will soon decide on the future of Meta's “Pay or Okay” system. If it is legitimised, other companies will follow suit.

Privacy cannot become a privilege. We urge the EDPB, together with 28 other NGOs, to defend the right to privacy!

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

noybeu, 3 months ago to random

If the EDPB doesn't oppose Meta's "Pay or Okay" model, other companies will soon follow suit.

Because privacy cannot become a privilege, we urge the EDPB, together with 28 other NGOs, to defend the fundamental right to data protection!

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

noybeu, 3 months ago to random

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

noybeu, 3 months ago to random

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

noybeu, 3 months ago to random

In einer Gesprächsrunde mit Hörerfragen zum Thema Datenschutz und DSGVO nahm unser Kollege Felix Mikolasch teil: Es ging unter anderem um Cookie-Banner, das neuste SCHUFA-Urteil und die Erfahrungen nach mehreren Jahren DSGVO. Zum Nachhören:⏩
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/marktplatz-15-02-2024-datenschutz-im-zeichen-von-ki-und-neuen-geschaeftsmodellen-dlf-24716466-100.html

noybeu, 3 months ago to random

Oggi anche la stampa italiana dà voce alla nostra campagna contro Pay or Okay. L’appello è diretto al Garante e all’EDPB, affinchè prendano chiaramente posizione contro questo modello dilagante che mette a repentaglio i nostri diritti fondamentali. ⏩https://www.editorialedomani.it/tecnologia/paga-o-ti-traccio-quel-ricatto-online-non-e-libera-scelta-by0r99rg