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"European digital rights group NOYB filed a complaint against #Tiktok, as well as #Grindr and digital marketing company #AppsFlyer, over claims they breached online #privacy laws by tracking userβs inter-app activities." π
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https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-grindr-activity-claim/
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"Austria's Supreme Court has ruled that #Meta's personalised advertising model is unlawful, requiring the company to provide #EU users full access to their personal data within 14 days of a request."
Read more π https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/austrias-top-court-rules-metas-ad-model-illegal-orders-overhaul-user-data-2025-12-18/
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πͺπΊ "#Meta must grant users from the #EU full access to all personal data within 14 days, according to the Austrian Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed by Max #Schrems in 2014." (from German)
Read more π https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000301427/ogh-meta-muss-eu-nutzern-vollen-zugriff-auf-ihre-daten-gew228hren
noyb.eu"Noyb claims that TikTok harvests personal data not only from its own app but through other apps β including [β¦] Grindr: an app that collects sensitive information about its usersβ sexual orientation, dating life and other personal habits."
https://www.euractiv.com/news/tiktok-and-grindr-face-privacy-complaint-for-sharing-sex-life-data/
noyb.eunoyb WIN: The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled that Meta must give users full access to their data. All of Meta's claims of trade secrets or other limitations were rejected, leading to unprecedented access to the inner workings of Meta.
https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-supreme-court-meta-must-give-users-full-access-their-data
noyb.euπ° "noyb said TikTok tracked a particular user's Grindr activity via data firm AppsFlyer, raising concerns about breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."
Reuters on our most recent complaints against TikTok and Grindr:
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/tiktok-monitored-grindr-activity-through-third-party-tracker-privacy-group-2025-12-17/
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οΈ Max #Schrems was invited to the podcast "Grumpy GDPR" β hosted by Rie Aleksandra Walle & MiloΕ‘ NovoviΔ β to talk about all things #DigitalOmnibus and noyb's work since its proposal. π
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You can listen to the full episode here π https://share.transistor.fm/s/35d936bf?ref=noties.consulting
noyb.euπ° βBeim Datenschutz ist Deutschland inzwischen dem Silicon Valley nΓ€her als dem Rest der EUβ: Max Schrems hat ein ausfΓΌhrliches Interview mit Netzpolitik.org gefΓΌhrt.
Hier nachlesen π
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/dsgvo-reform-beim-datenschutz-ist-deutschland-inzwischen-dem-silicon-valley-naeher-als-dem-rest-der-eu/
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noyb has filed complaints against #TikTok and #Grindr. As it turns out, TikTok even tracks you while you're using other apps. For example, TikTok was able to track a personβs Grindr usage - which allows it to draw conclusions about his sexual orientation and sex life
π https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-unlawfully-tracks-your-shopping-habits-and-your-use-dating-apps
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noyb win against giropay & Hesse DPA: a German court decided that giropay likely unlawfully processed sensitive data on the complainant's sex life and health. The decision took so long that giropay entered liquidation - and deleted the user's data.
https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=VG_Wiesbaden_-_6_K_996%2F22.WI