# ‘Shadow database’ scandal: noyb sends SCHUFA cease-and-desist letter; interest list for class action opened

- Type: News
- Source: noyb - European Center for Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-06-26
- Original: https://noyb.eu/en/shadow-database-scandal-noyb-sends-schufa-cease-and-desist-letter-interest-list-class-action
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/291442
- Topics: Right of Access Procedures

## Summary

Credit Scoring In mid-July, investigations by NDR and the SZ revealed that the credit information agency SCHUFA stores millions of data records that should have been deleted long ago. It has since become clear that SCHUFA also uses this data for its customers’ ‘testing purposes’. Potentially, all 69 million people on whom SCHUFA holds data are affected. And SCHUFA continues to stonewall: Even in response to access requests under Article 15 GDPR, the company refuses to disclose this historical da

## Full text

Credit Scoring In mid-July, investigations by NDR and the SZ revealed that the credit information agency SCHUFA stores millions of data records that should have been deleted long ago. It has since become clear that SCHUFA also uses this data for its customers’ ‘testing purposes’. Potentially, all 69 million people on whom SCHUFA holds data are affected. And SCHUFA continues to stonewall: Even in response to access requests under Article 15 GDPR, the company refuses to disclose this historical data. Given the obvious GDPR violations, noyb has now issued a formal warning to the credit information agency and announced an injunction. Data subjects whose historical data has been withheld by SCHUFA can also register their interest in a future class action for damages. Please keep me updated! Investigations by NDR and the SZ: “Schufa’s ‘shadow database’”SCHUFA’s response: “The truth about the alleged ‘shadow database’”Response from SCHUFA’s lawyer Tim Wybitul on LinkedInPetition by Algorithm

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