April 9 Start Date for Class-Action vs. Facebook

The first hearing in a class-action lawsuit against Facebook filed in Vienna by Austrian law student Max Schrems and his Europe Versus Facebook group is scheduled for April 9

EuropeVersusFacebookApp650The first hearing in a class-action lawsuit against Facebook filed in Vienna by Austrian law student Max Schrems and his Europe Versus Facebook group is scheduled for April 9, TechCrunch reported.

Schrems and Europe Versus Facebook filed the class-action suit in Vienna Aug. 1 and quickly reached the cap of 25,000 claimants that they specified. Users from the U.S. and Canada were not allowed to participate.

The suit covers issues including:

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