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Austria's Highest Court to Decide Whether to Allow Class Action vs Facebook
Austrian student Max Schrems's attempt to bring a class-action lawsuit against Facebook over its privacy policies will head to Austria's Supreme Court to determine whether such collective legal action is allowed, his group said today.
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Irish Privacy Regulator Ordered to Investigate Facebook Data
Ireland's privacy regulator was ordered to investigate Facebook Inc's transfers of European data to the United States today following a legal challenge mounted by an Austrian law student against its initial refusal to do so.
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Facebook Requests a Say in Austrian Student's Privacy Case
"We will request an opportunity to join the proceedings in the Irish High Court where the Irish DPC's investigation is to be discussed."
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US-EU Data Deal at Risk in Facebook Case Judgment
The landmark case stems from a complaint against Facebook lodged against Irish authorities by Austrian law student Max Schrems.
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Austrian Student's Privacy Battle Against Facebook Suffers Setback
The social media giant hailed the ruling, saying it showed the class-action lawsuit had been unnecessary.
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Austrian Student's Lawsuit Versus Facebook Bogged Down in Procedure
The first day of hearings began with a four-hour session in which Facebook's lawyers tried to convince the judge not to admit the suit.
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Austrian Student's Lawsuit Vs Facebook Bogged Down in Procedure
Facebook presented a long list of procedural objections to an Austrian court on Thursday trying to halt a class action lawsuit for 25,000 users that accuses the social media giant of violating their privacy.
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Facebook Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Austrian Student
Schrems and 25,000 other users are suing Facebook for various rights violations, from illegal data tracking to involvement in the NSA Prism programme.
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Austrian Student's Facebook Class Action Lawsuit to Be Heard by Court
The lawsuit was first filed in August and is being spearheaded by Max Schrems, a young Austrian law graduate.
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Austrian Student's Class Action Against Facebook Gets 60,000 Plaintiffs
The class action lawsuit has gathered support from 60,000 users and passed its first legal review.
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Austrian Student's Class Action Against Facebook Gets 25,000 Plaintiffs
The list of plaintiffs is now closed, "We hoped for broad support, but the number ... has exceeded my most optimistic expectations," said Schrems.
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Thousands Join Austrian Student's Class Action Against Facebook
Max Schrems, appealed to a billion Facebook users to join a claim he filed at Vienna's commercial court as part of his campaign.
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Student Starts Global Class Action Against Facebook
Austrian law student Max Schrems appealed to a billion Facebook users around the world on Friday to join a class-action lawsuit against Facebook's alleged violations of its users' privacy.
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Austrian Student Starts Global Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook
"Our aim is to make Facebook finally operate lawfully in the area of data protection," said Max Schrems, an Austrian law student.
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Student group to sue Facebook over privacy policy
An Austrian student group plans to sue Facebook Inc, the world's biggest social network, for failing to do enough to protect the privacy of its hundreds of millions of members.
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Austria's Highest Court to Decide Whether to Allow Class Action vs Facebook
Austrian student Max Schrems's attempt to bring a class-action lawsuit against Facebook over its privacy policies will head to Austria's Supreme Court to determine whether such collective legal action is allowed, his group said today.
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Irish Privacy Regulator Ordered to Investigate Facebook Data
Ireland's privacy regulator was ordered to investigate Facebook Inc's transfers of European data to the United States today following a legal challenge mounted by an Austrian law student against its initial refusal to do so.
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Facebook Requests a Say in Austrian Student's Privacy Case
"We will request an opportunity to join the proceedings in the Irish High Court where the Irish DPC's investigation is to be discussed."
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US-EU Data Deal at Risk in Facebook Case Judgment
The landmark case stems from a complaint against Facebook lodged against Irish authorities by Austrian law student Max Schrems.
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Austrian Student's Privacy Battle Against Facebook Suffers Setback
The social media giant hailed the ruling, saying it showed the class-action lawsuit had been unnecessary.
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Austrian Student's Lawsuit Versus Facebook Bogged Down in Procedure
The first day of hearings began with a four-hour session in which Facebook's lawyers tried to convince the judge not to admit the suit.
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Austrian Student's Lawsuit Vs Facebook Bogged Down in Procedure
Facebook presented a long list of procedural objections to an Austrian court on Thursday trying to halt a class action lawsuit for 25,000 users that accuses the social media giant of violating their privacy.
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Facebook Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Austrian Student
Schrems and 25,000 other users are suing Facebook for various rights violations, from illegal data tracking to involvement in the NSA Prism programme.
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Austrian Student's Facebook Class Action Lawsuit to Be Heard by Court
The lawsuit was first filed in August and is being spearheaded by Max Schrems, a young Austrian law graduate.
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Austrian Student's Class Action Against Facebook Gets 60,000 Plaintiffs
The class action lawsuit has gathered support from 60,000 users and passed its first legal review.
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Austrian Student's Class Action Against Facebook Gets 25,000 Plaintiffs
The list of plaintiffs is now closed, "We hoped for broad support, but the number ... has exceeded my most optimistic expectations," said Schrems.
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Thousands Join Austrian Student's Class Action Against Facebook
Max Schrems, appealed to a billion Facebook users to join a claim he filed at Vienna's commercial court as part of his campaign.
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Student Starts Global Class Action Against Facebook
Austrian law student Max Schrems appealed to a billion Facebook users around the world on Friday to join a class-action lawsuit against Facebook's alleged violations of its users' privacy.
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Austrian Student Starts Global Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook
"Our aim is to make Facebook finally operate lawfully in the area of data protection," said Max Schrems, an Austrian law student.
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Student group to sue Facebook over privacy policy
An Austrian student group plans to sue Facebook Inc, the world's biggest social network, for failing to do enough to protect the privacy of its hundreds of millions of members.
