Austria Orders YouTube to Give Users Access to Their Data
- The Austrian data protection authority has ordered YouTube to give users access to their personal data, enforcing rules from the EU's General Data Protection Regulation .
- This decision is based on a complaint from the privacy group Noyb regarding YouTube's incomplete data responses related to transparency.
- Noyb described the decision as a win but criticized the lengthy five-year process that led to enforcement of the case.
- Noyb's Data Protection Lawyer, Martin Baumann, emphasized that delays prevent individuals from exercising their data rights effectively.
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YouTube Ordered To Hand Over User Data in Austria
Austria’s data protection authority said on Friday that it has ordered YouTube to comply with EU regulations and respond to requests by users for access to data that it holds on them. In 2019, the Austria-based privacy group Noyb (None of Your Business) filed complaints against eight streaming services, including YouTube and Netflix, alleging “structural violations” of EU data rules. The complaint against YouTube was filed on behalf of an Austr…
Austria orders YouTube to give users access to their data
Austria's data protection authority said Friday that it has ordered YouTube to comply with EU regulations and respond to requests by users for access to data that it holds on them.
The Austrian data protection authority asked YouTube to give users access to their personal data, in accordance with the rules on access to data laid down in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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