noyb qualifies to bring collective redress actions in EU

Noyb’s approval as a ‘Qualified Entity’ under the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 means that while it has been approved in Ireland and Austria, it can bring actions in any EU Member State.

Qualified entities can bring representative actions before national courts on behalf of groups of consumers to seek both injunctive (e.g. stop orders) and redress measures.

Max Schrems, Chair of noyb said: "noyb prepared for this step for the past years and went through a rigid process to get this approval, where the independence but also the organisational stability of the organisation was reviewed.

This will now allow us to bring injunctions against any company that violates the GDPR on the EU market. In addition, we can also form EU 'class actions' where thousands or millions of users can seek damages if their personal data was abused.

We are planning to bring the first actions in 2025. So far, collective redress is not really on the radar of many - but it has the potential to be a game changer."

See: 

• noyb - noyb is now qualified to bring collective redress actions

PL&B's event Data Opportunities in Ireland includes a session on Claims for non-material damage - a 1 day conference in Dublin on 6 February 2025, organised in cooperation with McCann FitzGerald.