What To Expect: Noyb, Ireland's Second Qualified Entity Under The Representative Actions Act 2023

The European Center for Digital Rights or 'noyb', chaired by Max Schrems, was designated as a "qualified entity" ("QE") under the Representative Actions Act for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 (the "Act") on 11 October 2024. It can now bring representative actions in Ireland and throughout the EU on behalf of groups of consumers for infringements of certain consumer protection laws occurring on or after 25 June 2023.

What to expect

noyb is an Austrian based entity and its work focuses on litigation, enforcement and educational programs in the area of data protection and privacy on a Europe wide basis. noyb's website records that since 2018, it has brought, represented or assisted more than 800 GDPR complaints and dozens of cases before national and European Courts. Some of the complaints it filed in 2023 with national data protection authorities, including the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, suggest that it may be likely to