Security News > 2021 > November > Max Schrems hits Irish Data Protection Commissioner with corruption complaint
Data privacy campaign group noyb, founded by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, has filed a complaint with the Austrian Office for the Prosecution of Corruption for a potential violation of Austrian criminal laws by the Irish Data Protection Commission.
The statement goes on to claim the DPC "Engaged in procedural blackmail", justifying noyb's report of the incident to the Austrian Office for the Prosecution of Corruption.
It filed a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority, which was forwarded to the Irish DPC as the "Lead Authority".
After three years of back and forth, the Irish DPC issued a "Draft decision" in October 2021 that said Facebook's consent bypass was legal.
The legal letter from the DPC that kicked off the most recent action - the complaint to Austrian authorities - was dated 12 November and was also published along with noyb's allegations yesterday.
In a prepared media statement, Ireland's DPC said it was obliged to follow Irish fair procedures law.