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“'The Austrian federal government seems to be simply cutting the independent Data Protection Authority (DSB) to pieces,' noyb criticized in a press release on Thursday. 'We now have an authority operating in emergency mode […].'” (from German)
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https://www.sn.at/politik/innenpolitik/eu-beschwerde-budgetkuerzungen-datenschutz-184639828
noyb.eu📰 "'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/
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‘Due to drastic budget cuts at the Austrian DPA (DSB), the fundamental right to data protection is at risk. This warning comes from data protection organisations Epicenter Works and Noyb in a joint statement.’ (from German)
👉 Read more: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000288305/kaputtgespart-datenschutzbehoerde-droht-kahlschlag-und-laeuft-im-notbetrieb
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A former Meta lobbyist will join the DPC as a commissioner in October.
With this appointment, the Irish government does not even pretend to care about enforcing EU law anymore.
Read our full statement on the matter here:
https://noyb.eu/en/former-meta-lobbyist-named-dpc-commissioner-meta-now-officially-regulates-itself
noyb.eu🚨 Together with @epicenter_works@chaos.social, we've filed a complaint with the EU Commission because the Austrian government is failing to properly fund the country's data protection authority.
Despite an increasing workload due to a constantly growing range of tasks, the DPA's budget was cut. Now, it will restrict its activities.
Read all about it here:
https://noyb.eu/en/budget-cuts-paralyse-austrian-dpa-ngo-complaint-eu-commission
noyb.euAutomation is helping various actors of the data economy, but also raises numerous questions. At CPDP 2025, one of our developers, Stefan Schauer, took part in the panel discussing this topic.
Watch/listen here 👉 https://youtu.be/_kj1LDQMURc?si=CK6-LjMqE103iiZd
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Max Schrems recently spoke with EL PAÍS to talk about how the cloud has become monopolised by Big Tech, why the EU must push for digital autonomy, and how GDPR & laws are struggling with enforcement and loopholes.
👉 Read the full interview here: https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-09-13/max-schrems-jurist-the-promise-of-the-cloud-was-that-everything-would-be-much-cheaper-but-it-turns-out-that-it-functions-as-a-monopoly.html
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️ "CNIL imposed a €325 million fine […] The authority ordered Google to comply within six months or face €100,000 in daily penalties […] The action originated from a complaint filed by NOYB […]"
👉 Read more: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4051435/google-hit-with-806m-in-penalties-from-us-and-french-authorities-over-privacy-issues.html
noyb.eu🗞️ Cette décision fait suite à une plainte déposée par NOYB en 2022, l'organisation estimant que Google enfreint les dispositions du RGPD, notamment en ce qui concerne la manière dont le consentement des utilisateurs est obtenu pour le suivi publicitaire.
Lire plus 👉 https://fr.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/09/04/cookies-et-vie-privee-google-et-shein-sanctionnes-par-la-cnil-en-france
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Der gestrige ORF-Eco-Bericht zum Thema CRIF/Kreditauskunfteien ist jetzt online verfügbar. 🎙
️ Inkl. #Interview mit Max Schrems und einer offiziellen Stellungnahme der #CRIF 💬
👉 Hier ansehen: https://on.orf.at/video/14290129/15942586/zweifelhafte-bonitaet-heimliche-bewertung-der-oesterreicher