Europe - Class Action Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook Gains 25,000 Members

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Max Schrems has launched a class action lawsuit against Facebook, claiming that Facebook's monitoring of a user's activity is in violation of European Union laws. More boldly, he claims Facebook cooperates with the U.S. surveillance scheme Prism. The case will request $667 in damages for the first 25,000 members of the class.

While Facebook has not commented on the lawsuit (as they have not yet been formally served with papers) they have previously said they did not know about Prism before it was publicly leaked.

Thus far, 25,000 Facebook users have signed up as participants to this class. Any users outside of the U.S. and Canada are able to sign up, as the case will be against Facebook Ireland, rather than Facebook USA. Facebook Ireland manages all accounts outside of North America. Schrems plans to file the case in Vienna, his home city, at the Commercial Court.

Here's what Schrem believes Facebook is doing wrong, via the BBC:...

Class Action Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook Gains 25,000 Members