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"The Austrian data protection authority has ordered YouTube to give users access to their personal data, enforcing data access rules contained in the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."
https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/austrias-privacy-watchdog-tells-youtube-to-give-users-access-to-their-data/
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noyb WIN: YouTube ordered to honour userβs 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.
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https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-youtube-ordered-honour-users-right-access
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οΈ "Fachleute bezweifeln nicht nur die RechtmΓ€Γigkeit, sondern auch die finanzielle Notwendigkeit [von Pay or OK]. Laut einem Bericht von noyb stammen nur etwa 10 % der Einnahmen von MedienhΓ€usern aus digitaler Werbung und >5 % aus der Verarbeitung von personenbezogener Daten."
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Weiterlesen: https://netzpolitik.org/2025/tracking-urteil-gericht-rueffelt-cookie-banner-beim-standard/
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οΈ "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."
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Read more: https://ppc.land/austrian-court-rules-pay-or-okay-model-illegal-for-derstandard-newspaper/
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"The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) has ruled that the βPay or Okayβ model that was implemented by Austrian newspaper Der Standard violates the #GDPR, confirming an earlier decision by the Austrian data protection authority, the DSB."
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Read the full Cybernews article:
https://cybernews.com/security/court-pay-or-okay--austrian-newspaper-violates-gdpr/
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οΈ "βPay or Okayβ is keeping courts busy in various European countries. In Austria, the Federal Administrative Court has now ruled on the case of the newspaper Der Standard β and is demanding significant improvements." (from German)
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Read more: https://www.heise.de/news/Zahlen-oder-Tracken-Lassen-Naechster-Trippelschritt-zum-EuGH-10549731.html
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Article on our case against #DerStandard π¬
with quote from Max Schrems: "'Pay or OK' undermines a core pillar of the #GDPR: freely given consent. Instead of a genuine choice of users, we get a North Korean consent rate of 99.9% with this system."
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https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/19/austrian-newspapers-pay-or-consent-model-violates-eu-privacy-rules-court
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"[noyb] has been campaigning against 'Pay or OK' cookie banners such as those used by βDer Standardβ for several years. It now feels validated in its criticism by a recent ruling of the Federal Administrative Court (BVwG)." (from German)
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Read more: https://www.diepresse.com/20011600/rechtsstreit-um-digitalabo-modell-des-standard
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The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) just confirmed that "Der Standard" - a newspaper based in Vienna, Austria - violated the GDPR when introducing "Pay or Okay".
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Read more about the case here: https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-illegal
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The Gallup Institute conducted a study among 1,000 #Meta users in Germany. The results are clear: Only 7% actually want their #Facebook and #Instagram data to be used by Meta for #AI training.
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Read more: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-survey-only-7-users-want-meta-use-their-personal-data-ai