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This weekend, we had the pleasure of welcoming several former employees and trainees from across Europe. It was wonderful to catch up and find out what everyone has been up to.
Thank you so much to everyone who came — we hope to see you again soon! 😊
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Whitebridge AI sells “reputation reports” on everyone with an online presence. These reports compile large amounts of (sometimes false) personal data, which is then sold to anyone willing to pay for it. The company doesn't have a legal basis for this.
https://noyb.eu/en/whitebridgeai-your-personal-data-sale-you-and-anyone
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️ "#CRIF is said to obtain most of its address data from address publishers. However, according to Noyb's legal opinion, these publishers are only allowed to sell the address data for marketing purposes and not as a basis for creditrating."
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Read more: https://www.krone.at/3908365
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"Following an appeal by […] #Noyb, more than 2,400 affected individuals requested their data from the credit agency #CRIF. An initial evaluation shows that many well-known Austrian companies […] evaluate their customers using CRIF data." (from German)
👉 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000289365/datenschuetzer-kritisieren-netzwerk-von-kreditauskunftei
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"If #Noyb's suspicion that the credit reference scores of #CRIF have little or nothing to do with the individual's financial situation is confirmed, further steps will be considered, including a class action #lawsuit." (from German)
👉 Read more: https://kurier.at/wirtschaft/datenschutz-noyb-kreditauskunftei-crif-bonitaet-adressen/403087272
noyb.eu🗞️ "Noyb is convinced that some CRIF customers carried out credit checks on a massive scale without legitimate interest […]. Noyb is now considering a class action lawsuit." (from German)
👉 Read the full article: https://kurier.at/wirtschaft/datenschutz-kreditauskunft-bonitaet-crif-noyb-bonitaet-score/403087449
noyb.eu"The credit agency #Crif has been under close scrutiny by data protection experts at the NGO Noyb for some time. Noyb founder Max Schrems has identified #GDPR violations and announced a detailed evaluation of more than 28,000 credit scores." (from German)
https://www.diepresse.com/20135905/kreditauskunftei-crif-sieht-sich-als-opfer-einer-kampagne-von-datenschuetzer-schrems
noyb.eu📰 "The data protection organization #Noyb criticizes the credit ratings calculated by the credit agency #CRIF and presents its initial findings after announcing a class action lawsuit. CRIF sees itself as the victim of a campaign." (from German)
👉 https://www.kleinezeitung.at/wirtschaft/20135807/bonitaet-nach-adresse-berechnet-kreditauskunftei-crif-wehrt-sich-gegen
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#noyb has scored a win in its complaint proceedings against the Austrian credit information agency #KSV1870 and the energy provider #UnsereWasserkraft. 🧑⚖️
The Austrian #DPA has found KSV1870's fully automated credit rating to be #unlawful.
👉 Read more on our website: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-austrian-authority-forbids-unlawful-credit-scoring-ksv1870
noyb.eu📊 Several well-known companies evaluate their customers in #Austria using data from the credit agency #CRIF. This is shown by an initial evaluation of data from 2,440 affected individuals.
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https://noyb.eu/en/over-40000-crif-queries-klarna-banks-and-telecoms-entangled-crif-network