The European Union’s highest court has ruled against the Safe Harbor agreement, saying it cannot be relied upon to adequately protect European citizens’ data from US surveillance.
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Tracking report was wrong, says Facebook …but there is a bug that needs fixing
Facebook has responded to privacy claims made by Belgian researchers but admitted that a “bug” may have caused inadvertent tracking of some users.
Facebook hits back at report claiming it tracks pretty much everyone
A new report claims Facebook is tracking logged out users, non-account holders and EU users who have explicitly opted out of being tracked.
Leave Facebook if you value your privacy, says EU
A lawyer for the European Commission told an EU judge he should leave Facebook if he wants to stop the US snooping on him.
Facebook vs 25,000 users – privacy class action lawsuit has initial hearing date set
An Austrian court has given the go ahead to a class action lawsuit brought against Facebook for alleged privacy violations across Europe.
Facebook given 4 weeks to respond to “largest privacy class action in Europe”
Austrian law student Max Schrems has won the first round in his class action lawsuit against Facebook over online privacy. Schrems and others are seeking damages of €500 each ($664/£400) for alleged data violations by Facebook.
Facebook privacy under spotlight as thousands join class action lawsuit
More than 17,000 people have signed up to a class action lawsuit against Facebook, which alleges that the social network violated its users’ privacy.
Facebook privacy case to be referred to European Court of Justice
The High Court in Ireland has referred the data-sharing case of Austrian law student, Max Schrems, to the European Court of Justice.