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noyb is now qualified to bring collective redress actions

  • noyb is now qualified to bring collective redress actions

    “noyb is now approved as a so-called “Qualified Entity” to bring collective redress actions in courts throughout the European Union. Such action under Directive (EU) 2020/1828 can either be an “injunction” or a “redress” measure. “Injunctions” generally prohibit a company from engaging in illegal practices, including any GDPR violations. “Redress” measures allow a European version of a “Class Action”, where thousands or millions of users could be represented by noyb and for example ask for non-material damages when their personal data was unlawfully processed.” This is very interesting — and timely, given the mass scraping of user data to feed AI training sets…

    (tags: noyb data-privacy data-protection class-actions law eu collective-redress)