Facebook given four weeks to respond to European class action lawsuit
Facebook has been given four weeks to respond to a class action suit by a Court in Vienna on claims that it has breached European data regulations.
The action, named Facebook V Europe, is being led by privacy campaigner, Max Schrem, who had to limit the number of complainants to 25,000 after being swamped with backers earlier this month.
Schrem’s suit against Facebooks’ Irish offices, claim that the social media giant has breached European privacy laws in how it tracks users on it own site and then on external websites.
Each plaintiff is claiming damages of £500 each Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
