Neowin News Feed for: Noyb

Austrian regulator sides with noyb in data access case against YouTube

David Uzondu — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:48:01 +0000

The Austrian data protection authority has ruled against Google in a complaint from noyb over practices that violate Article 15 GDPR by forcing users to assemble data via self-service tools. Read more...

ChatGPT labels Norwegian man a child murderer, sparking complaint from Noyb

David Uzondu — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:40:01 +0000

It's happened again. ChatGPT has falsely accused someone of a horrific crime, leading to a complaint from the None of Your Business (Noyb) privacy rights group. Read more...

Complaint filed against Mozilla Firefox for PPA 'default-tracking' as most users are 'dumb'

Sayan Sen — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:36:02 +0000

A complaint has been filed by a privacy-preserving group against Mozilla for "default tracking" users with its new PPA feature as it felt most users aren't smart enough. Read more...

NOYB hits X with nine GDPR complaints for bad AI training practices

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:36:01 +0000

The EU-based privacy organization NOYB has filed nine GDPR complaints against X in several countries for using people's data to train AI models without asking. This isn't allowed in the EU under GDPR. Read more...

Privacy group NOYB files GDPR complaint against Microsoft's ad broker firm Xandr

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:18:01 +0000

The privacy advocacy group None Of Your Business has filed a GDPR complaint with the Italian data protection agency against Microsoft's Xandr, which has processed 0% of GDPR requests in 2022. Read more...

Austrian privacy group goes after Microsoft for allegedly tracking children

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:30:01 +0000

None of Your Business (NOYB), an Austrian privacy organisation, has filed two complaints against Microsoft with the Austrian privacy watchdog. It said Microsoft 365 Education is tracking kids. Read more...

EU watchdogs are concerned about Meta's "Pay or Okay" model for ad-free subscriptions

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:08:01 +0000

Meta has a fee for consumers to reject sharing their data with advertising companies in Europe. However, today 28 EU privacy watchdogs have spoken against this ad-free subscription model. Read more...