Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files

Credit Scoring Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files Two years ago, noyb filed a complaint against the address trader Acxiom and the credit reference agency CRIF in Germany. Although there is strong evidence that the companies’ large-scale trade with people’s personal data violates the GDPR, the case is still pending with the Bavarian and Hessian DPA. So in spring 2023, noyb asked the Hessian authority for access to the case file of the Acxiom complaint. The address trader reacted quickly - with a request for an interim injunction against the authority to prevent any kind of access to the files. Complaint against CRIF and Acxiom (German) English auto-translation of the complaint timeline of the complaint Background: secret and illegal trade of personal data. The credit reference agency CRIF continuously buys the names, dates of birth and addresses of millions of Germans from the address trader Acxiom. Although the data was originally collected for marketin