EDPB forces Belgian regulator to reconsider dismissed noyb cookie case

The European Data Protection Board has issued a binding decision requiring Belgium's data protection authority to reconsider and not dismiss a privacy complaint filed by noyb against Belgian broadcaster VRT over cookie banner practices. The ruling establishes that organisations cannot dismiss GDPR complaints simply because they were filed at scale or as part of a coordinated campaign, rejecting abuse-of-rights arguments as a procedural bar to substantive review. If you've been dismissed on procedural grounds for filing GDPR complaints at scale, the EDPB just made that dismissal illegal. Belgium now has to hear the substantive case — and every other EU regulator watching this precedent knows they can't use abuse-of-rights arguments to avoid investigating your allegations.