Member States may allow consumer protection associations to bring representative actions against infringements of the protection of personal data under the ‘GDPR’ Regulation (2016/679), the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Jean Richard de la Tour, ruled in his opinion delivered on Thursday 2 December (Case C-319/20).
In Germany, the Federation of Consumer Centres and Associations is accusing Facebook Ireland of violating data protection, unfair competition...