Europe Versus Facebook Group Files Class-Action Suit vs. Facebook in Austria

Facebook is facing another privacy-related lawsuit from Austrian law student Max Schrems and his Europe Versus Facebook group, but this time, the class-action suit will be heard on the group’s home turf in Austria, rather than in Ireland, where Facebook’s European operations are based.

EuropeVersusFacebookApp650Facebook is facing another privacy-related lawsuit from Austrian law student Max Schrems and his Europe Versus Facebook group, but this time, the class-action suit will be heard on the group’s home turf in Austria, rather than in Ireland, where Facebook’s European operations are based.

GigaOM reported that Schrems and Europe Versus Facebook filed a class-action suit in Vienna Friday, which Facebook users outside of the U.S. and Canada can join, and the multifaceted suit covers topics including:

  • The social network’s alleged participation in the U.S.
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