Irish DPC removes noyb from GDPR procedure - Criminal report filed

Irish DPC demanded noyb to sign a "non-disclosure agreement" or remove noyb from Facebook procedure. noyb files criminal report against DPC. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has taken the unheard-of move, to demand noyb to draft and sign a "non-disclosure agreement" (NDA) within one working day. In absence of such an NDA for the benefit of the DPC and Facebook, the DPC would not comply with the duty to hear the complainant anymore. Schrems: "The DPC engaged in procedural blackmail. Only if we shut up, the DPC would 'grant' us our legal right to be heard. We have reported the incident to the Austrian Office for the Prosecution of Corruption. This is a regulator clearly asking for a 'quid pro quo' to do its job, which likely constitutes bribery in Austria." Facebook would especially benefit from the NDA, as new documents indicate that EU regulators may find Facebook's "GDPR bypass" illegal — possibly declaring Facebook's use of personal data since 2018 unlawful, with major impl