An online social network such as Facebook cannot use all the personal data it obtains for targeted advertising purposes without a time limit and without distinction as to its nature, ruled the Court of Justice of the European Union in a judgment handed down on Friday 4 October (Case C-446/21).
In Austria, data protection activist Maximilian Schrems is challenging what he believes to be the unlawful processing of his personal data by Meta Platforms Ireland, which runs Facebook. The question...