Max Schrems 🇪🇺

(Luckily not only) Law, Privacy and Politics. #ScheißDaNix 🇦🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🇺🇳

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

#CRIF hat von fast jedem in Österreich Name, Geburtsdatum und Adresse gesammelt um "Bonitätsscores" hochzurechnen, dabei gibt es zu 90% keine Finanzdaten. Wir haben eine #Unterlassungsklage eingebracht und eine #Sammelklage (€500/Person) gestartet. Mach risikofrei mit: https://t.co/9mFVgPnEHy

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

This is the end of any idea of having international law and the US being a guarantee for a (somewhat) stable world order. Whatever we think about Maduro, it's just as legal as Putin's attempt to capture Zelenskyy. Very likely a blueprint for China or Russia for years to come...

[Paulo Pimenta @Pimenta13Br]

URGENTE! A Venezuela sofre uma agressão militar dos EUA, com ataques que atingem a população civil da capital Caracas sob o comando de Donald Trump. O imperialismo exporta guerra e destruição, da Palestina à América Latina. Ataque merece repúdio e condenação rápida. É um ataque a América do Sul que viola todas as regras do direito internacional.

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

...need to stand together. I have as a first move donated € 100 today to @HateAid, but there are many other EU NGOs that work on Democracy and Digital Rights (see e.g. https://t.co/Z1bpbZ3MHi for an NGO in your Member State) or obviously our NGO (@NOYBeu).

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

We have now moved a totally new territory: NGOs that were often used as a buffer "third party" in hate speech law (neither big tech nor governments) are now targeted in an active assault on EU #RuleOfLaw and #DigitalLaw by the US - the "tech bros" are celebrating. We now...

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

WE'VE SANCTIONED: Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, the leader and founder of HateAid, a German organization founded after the 2017 German federal elections to counter conservative groups. HateAid is an official “trusted flagger” (a censor) under the EU’s anti-speech Digital Services Act (DSA) and routinely demands access to propriety social media platform data to help it censor more. Hodenberg cited threat of “disinformation” from “right-wing extremists” online in upcoming U.S. and EU elections when circulating a petition for the DSA to become more strongly enforced to allow data access for “researchers".

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

📢We (@NOYBeu) are right now looking for #GDPR and #litigation lawyers, #Ruby / #RubyOnRails Developers and #IT #ProjectManagers.
Check out our job postings at https://t.co/Z2sKOdWIBp

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

Brussels awaiting the #DigitalOmnibus

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

Heute wohl für @NOYBeu im #ZDFheute journal um 21:45 zur Frage wie sich #BigTech in #Irland prächtig vor EU-Gesetzen verstecken - und die Europäische Kommission zuschaut.. 😐

Details zu unseren über 800 #DSGVO - Fällen in ganz Europa auf https://t.co/ul46o8yC6l 😊

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

The message by business and CSO stakeholders alike on #GDPR reform was clear: no reopening.

There were "special interest" asks and a lot of push against DPAs and the #CJEU - but in reality we have 1.3% of complaints leading to a fine - so not sure this is fair criticism. 🙄

[Michael McGrath @EUCssrMcGrath]

✅ While the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) remains a global benchmark, there's always room to fine-tune.

At the implementation dialogue on the the #GDPR - we discussed clarifying certain aspects & fostering more open dialogue with data protection authorities.

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

Seitdem die Züge hald nach Stuttgart, München oder Bregenz fahren (statt solide und konsistet Wien-Salzburg) brauchst spontan nimmer zum Bahnhof kommen und halbwegs einen verlässlichen Service erwarten.. 🙄

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

Ich war ja von Preis/Leistung (und weil nahe Westbahnhof) immer eher ein Fan der @WESTbahn1 - aber inzwischen ist es einfach nur gestopft (weil zB nicht mehr alle 30' nach Salzburg), teuer und auch immer öfter verspätet (weil Züge aus DE kommen) - "spread too thin".. #Schade.. 😐

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

Welcome to the EU simplification on #GDPR - we now got a 80 page #GDPR procedures PDF (the entire #GDPR has 88 pages).. 🙈😂

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

..that everyone can just make up their mind: https://t.co/hErUUzYbpP

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

I am always happy when PR people from @Meta get quoted 1:1 (or we get the personal attacks forwarded by journalists). This is a special beauty:

@Meta's German PR bulldog (@segmenta_com) says instead of enforcing the #GDPR on companies we should rather go against governments.

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

Now we know that such emails are sent by @Meta PR firms - usually they do an "official statement" and then a "confidential" part that is there to push narratives to journalists and discredit NGOs.

Nice to have a rare occurrence where @notebookcheck has copied this in 1:1 so...

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

@steipete Mh, ID Austria hat einige Umstellungen gehabt. Häufigster Error is wenn Leute die "Digitales Amt" App haben und dort (noch) nicht eingeloggt sind. Aktuell laufen die eIDs aber gut rein. Alternativ geht es immer mit Ausweis. Sonst Details via [email protected] sind hilfreich!

[Max Schrems 🇪🇺 @maxschrems]

Die #CRIF hat die Daten von Millionen Leuten in 🇦🇹 gesammelt - und vielen Leuten einen "Score" zugewiesen nur anhand von Anschrift, Alter und Geschlecht. Handyanbieter oder Banken nutzen diesen "Score". Wir wollen Licht ins Dunkle bringen. Mach mit: https://t.co/0UiWL8NKtH!