mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06⚖️ noyb ("none of your business") is a non-profit association committed to the legal enforcement of European data protection laws. 🇪🇺 est. 2017 by @maxschrems@mastodon.social
🏛️ So far, noyb has filed more than 900 cases against numerous intentional infringements - including companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook/Meta and Amazon. 🧑⚖️ As of 2025, noyb's litigation is responsible for more than €2 billion in administrative fines.
🇺🇸🇪🇺 "Max #Schrems will erneut gegen das Datenschutzabkommen zwischen der #EU und den #USA klagen. Ziel sei es, dass der Europäische Gerichtshof das Abkommen für nichtig erklärt. Grund sei eine Entscheidung des US Supreme Court von Ende Juni."
https://help.orf.at/stories/3236350/
🇺🇸 "In the #US, the independence of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been declared unconstitutional. What appears to be a purely domestic debate about the extent of #Trump’s powers is turning out to be a threat to the #European digital economy. […] As there are now no longer any independent authorities in the US, noyb argues that it is time to initiate a coordinated withdrawal of the European economy from US cloud infrastructure." (from German)
🐌 Is this a new slowness record for Data Protection Authorities?! We just received a controller's submission from 2021… it took the Estonian DPA almost 5 years to forward it to the Austrian DPA 🥴 #Facepalm
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🍪📰 “The European #Commission has put forward a proposal that could largely do away with #cookie banners. However, not only lobbying groups representing the tracking industry but also countries, such as #Germany and #France, have long opposed this.” (from German)
🔗 https://netzpolitik.org/2026/online-tracking-deutschland-und-google-wollen-cookie-banner-retten/
🎙️ Have you heard of the Kylie Jenner x #MetaAI glasses? Our data protection lawyer Kleanthi Sardeli was on the radio earlier today to talk about the privacy implications of this new type of "wearable surveillance".
Listen here 👉 https://fm4.orf.at/sendung/1017109/morning-show?j=7828731 #Meta #AI #Kylie
📬 Want to stay on top of all things #privacy and receive regular updates on noyb’s cases? The June #newsletter will be sent out soon. 📆 Sign up now to get it straight to your inbox!
🎙️ Kristian Bygnes, one of noyb's former legal trainees, takes a look back at his time in Vienna.
💼 Interested in a traineeship? Learn more via https://noyb.eu/en/traineeship
#privacy #law #dataprotection #europe #opportunity #trainee #eu #throwback
📰 "#Schrems considera que los 27 Estados miembros de la #UE deberían volver a alojar en Europa sus servicios digitales esenciales, que, a su juicio, ya no están protegidos frente al poder de la Casa Blanca."
Sigue leyendo 👉 https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20260701-una-ong-insta-a-la-ue-a-reducir-su-dependencia-de-la-nube-de-eeuu-tras-un-fallo-sobre-los-poderes-de-trump @FRANCE24@mediastodon.com
