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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11291
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha

Personal data collective action brought against Facebook in Austria

Brussels, 09/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - A group of 25,000 users who allege that Facebook used their personal data illegally lodged a class action against the social networking site with the civil court in Vienna on Thursday, AFP reports. Activist Max Schrems formally filed the complaint.

On 24 March, the European Court of Justice held its first hearing on the complaint lodged by the 27-yeart-old Austrian activist against a decision by the Irish data protection regulator also involving...

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