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.
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.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday July 21 2017, @07:54AM
1. do my questions lose any pertinence because I asked about the "Social contract"? If so, how come? (if you think it does, for whatever reason, feel free to ignore my reference).
2. I admitted to nothing, not even of having a foundation, much less an intellectual one. I didn't even admit of having any intellect! I only asked if you finished reading the "Social Contract". No motivation offered or implied, may as well be just from curiosity - what makes you think otherwise. So, well... have you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford