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🚨 The Dutch DPA has fined Clearview AI €30 million for the "illegal data collection for facial recognition"! 👉 Although not related to noyb's own litigation, the decision confirms the arguments we made in previously filed complaints.

📰 derStandard über unsere Beschwerde gegen die Kreditauskunftei KSV1870 und den Energieanbieter Unsere Wasserkraft! 👇

🚨 noyb hat eine Beschwerde gegen die Kreditauskunftei KSV1870 und den Energieliferanten Unsere Wasserkraft eingebracht! 👉 Beim Versuch, einen Vertrag mit Unsere Wasserkraft abzuschließen, werden Neukund:innen ungefragt einer vollautomatisierten Bonitätsprüfung durch den KSV unterzogen. 👉 Wird einem dabei ein vermeintlich unzureichender Score zugeordnet, wird man von ohne weitere Überprüfungsmaßnahmen als Kund:in abgelehnt. 👉 Ein solches Vorgehen ist rechtswidrig, das hat mittlerweile auch der Europäische Gerichtshof in einem ähnlich gelagerten Fall festgestellt. 👉 Der KSV1870 und seine Kund:innen scheinen sich die Verantwortung für eine Einzelfallprüfung hin- und herzuschieben. Mehr Infos 👇

👉 Euractiv on our data breach complaints against the EU Parliament 📰 https://lnkd.in/dmrarsXn

👉 Politico on our complaints against the EU Parliament over a massive data breach 📰 Read all about it here:

🚨 noyb has filed two complaints against the EU Parliament over a massive data breach! 👉 The breach affected the personal data of more than 8,000 staff. This included ID cards and passports, criminal record extracts, residence documents and even sensitive data such as marriage certificates that reveal a person’s sexual orientation. 👉 The Parliament only found out about the breach months after it happened, and still doesn’t seem to know the cause. This is particularly worrying as the Parliament has long been aware of vulnerabilities in its cybersecurity system. EU institutions are naturally high up on the list of hackers and foreign adversaries. 👉 noyb has now lodged two complaints with the European Data Protection Supervisor on behalf of four parliament employees. 📝 Read all about the case here:

🚨 In case you missed it: we have filed 9 complaints against Twitter/X over its AI plans Read more about it here 👇

🚨 noyb has filed a complaint against Greek supermarket Alfa Vita over its loyalty card programme! 👉 To retain as many loyal customers as possible, the Greek supermarket chain Alfa Vita (AB) has introduced a loyalty card programme called “AB plus”. While AB is keen to collect as much personal information about its 2.2 million customers as possible, its compliance with EU law is lacking. 👉 This became clear when a consumer tried to exercise her right of access. She is registered to the AB Plus Personal tier of AB’s loyalty programme. This means that AB processes “their buying habits, the frequency of their visits to an AB store, the use of offers communicated to them, their home address, the total cost of their purchases” for profiling. 👉 Still, AB only provided her with a list of her transactions and her contact details, but no other information that it has derived from it. Despite a clear Court of Justice ruling, AB has also explicitly refused to provide a list of recipients of such data. 👉 AB Plus Personal customers, including the complainant, can’t even access the amount of money they have saved by using their loyalty card. On its website, AB advertises access to this data as an exclusive feature for “AB Plus Unique” customers. However, an “upgrade” to AB Plus Unique would require consent to the sharing of data with other third parties.

⚖ Contrary to EU law, the Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) regularly refuses to properly handle complaints from data subjects. 🚨 noyb is now taking the IMY to court to ensure that it finally complies with its obligations.