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2,5 years and still no decision on streaming complaints

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Forced Consent & Consent Bypass In January 2019 we filed complaints against eight streaming services for not responding properly to simple access requests. As one of the most basic rights under the GDPR, the right to access allows users to find out what data a company has on them and how it is being used. Exactly two and a half years after we first filed the complaints, the lack of GDPR compliance remains apparent: merely one of the eight complaints has been resolved. In the case that was resolved, noyb took the responsible authority to court. The remaining seven cases have still not been decided and one of them was literally lost by an authority. Moreover, the involved authorities are failing to provide a concrete status update in these cases. As can be seen on the timeline, noyb regularly requests updates from the authorities but mostly hears empty promises. Ultimately, two and a half years is not a reasonable time frame for users to wait to exercise their fundamental rights. While t

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