Following the Austrian Supreme Court’s referral in July of Schrems’ case to Luxembourg, the EU Court of Justice will now decide whether Facebook’s processing of personal data is compatible with European law. If the EU Court were to rule in his favour, this would mean that “a large part of the data processing carried out by Facebook in Europe was illegal,” said Schrems, adding that “each individual user could then claim damages from Facebook.” With the current 307 million daily users Facebook claims to have in Europe, the ruling could lead to a flood of lawsuits claiming compensation. https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/interview/schrems-has-facebook-data-processing-in-sights-for-next-coup/
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