Class action privacy lawsuit filed against Facebook in Austria
by Samuel Gibbs and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#6PYD)
Case lead by privacy campaigner Max Schrems sees 25,000 users sue social network for alleged illegal tracking of their data and its involvement in the NSA's surveillance programme
A class action lawsuit over alleged breaches of EU privacy law, mass surveillance and involvement in the NSA's Prism snooping programme has been filed against Facebook in Vienna.
The lawsuit, which was officially filed in a Vienna court on Thursday, is being spearheaded by 27-year-old Austrian law graduate and privacy campaigner Max Schrems.
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