Privacy Campaigner Schrems Files GDPR Complaints Against Amazon, Apple, Netflix
Max Schrems files GDPR complaints against Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube over inadequate data access responses.
Privacy campaigner Max Schrems and his nonprofit organization noyb file GDPR complaints against major tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube. These complaints target eight companies across eight different European countries and focus specifically on how these businesses respond to Article 15 data access requests. The legal action represents a major challenge to how large technology platforms handle user privacy in Europe.
Noyb tests the data access systems of all eight companies and finds that none provide satisfactory responses to user inquiries. Automated systems fail to deliver all the legally required information, with DAZN and SoundCloud not responding to the requests at all. While Flimmit and Netflix provide some background information, noyb reports that even these responses remain incomplete under GDPR standards.
The complaints emphasize that users have a fundamental right to understand the sources, recipients, and purposes of their data processing, rather than simply receiving raw data files. Noyb files these formal complaints on behalf of ten individual users under Article 80 of the GDPR. This legal pressure forces the targeted companies to reevaluate and potentially overhaul their automated data transparency systems.