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Max Schrems is hoping for approval from the EU Court of Justice to bring an Austrian-style collective suit against Facebook. Unlike the earlier case in Ireland which dealt primarily with US mass surveillance, this Austria-based case focuses on the commercial misuse of personal data by Facebook. The lawsuit addresses alleged violations of privacy by Facebook through, for starters, its misuse of personal data and tracking of users on external pages. He is backed by his earlier case that the user data of EU citizens was not sufficiently protected when shipped to the U.S.
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An opinion is expected by November 7th from Advocate General Michal Bobek, a court advisor, the final judgment by the end of the year.
The case is C-498/16, Schrems.
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Austria Resident Max Schrems is Organizing a Privacy-Oriented Class-Action Suit Against Facebook
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(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Friday July 21 2017, @06:12AM
If your solution is "the average person will make intelligent decisions in their best interest as a consumer", then you are simply out of touch with reality. Sorry to break it to you sweetheart, but anarcho-capitalism does not work because human nature just isn't suited for it. We've all been there with the whole "if everyone in the world was like me then this perfect world order will totally solve all of our problems".
Unfortunately, in the real world apathy is the strongest political force. If your "perfect" political system is not resistant to apathy, it's worthless unworkable trash. Maybe when our glorious AI overlords replace us, it will work for them. However, it will not work for us.