Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school childrenAustria's data protection authority has ordered Microsoft to stop the use of tracking cookies in education software, a privacy campaign gro...
Clearview AI faces criminal complaint in Austria for suspected privacy violationsAustrian privacy group Noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI, accusing it of illegally collecting EU residents’ photos f...
Austria finds Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students: privacy campaign groupAustria's data protection authority has determined that Microsoft "illegally" tracked students using its education software and must grant ...
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChatWhile most tech companies have a tool to fulfil requests for downloading user information, some Chinese companies have made it difficult to...
TikTok hit by fresh complaint over data accessOnline privacy campaigners filed fresh complaints against social media giant TikTok and two other Chinese-owned companies on Thursday, sayi...
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok, WeChatAustrian advocacy group noyb has filed data privacy complaints against AliExpress, TikTok, and WeChat, alleging non-compliance with EU laws...
Advocacy group threatens Meta with injunction over use of EU data for AI trainingNOYB (none of your business), led by privacy activist Max Schrems, said it had sent a cease and desist letter on Wednesday to Meta which pl...
TikTok, five other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaintsAustrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against six Chinese companies, including TikTok and Shein, for unlawfully transfe...
Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in EuropeOnline privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including Ti...
Mozilla hit with privacy complaint over Firefox user trackingMozilla had defended the feature, saying it wanted to help websites understand how their ads perform without collecting data about individu...
Alphabet hit with Austrian privacy complaint over alleged browser trackingGoogle has introduced a set of tools called the Privacy Sandbox to block covert tracking techniques and limit data sharing with third parti...
Meta hit with privacy complaints in Europe over AI plansA Vienna-based privacy campaign group filed complaints in 11 European countries against Meta on Thursday, saying the global tech giant's pl...
Microsoft hit with Austrian privacy complaints over its education programmePrivacy advocacy group NOYB files complaints against Microsoft regarding its online education software, alleging GDPR violations.
OpenAI's ChatGPT targeted in Austrian privacy complaintChatGPT, which kickstarted the GenAI boom in late 2022, can mimic human conversation and perform tasks such as creating summaries of long t...
Privacy activist Schrems files complaints against Google's FitbitAdvocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tra...
Digital rights group NOYB challenges Ryanair's use of facial recognitionThe Irish airline, Europe's largest by passenger numbers, says on its website that in order to comply with safety and security requirements...
Privacy activists in EU file complaints over iPhone trackingNOYB says the iOS operating system creates unique codes for each iPhone that allow Apple and other third parties to “identify users across ...