Austrian court rejects Facebook privacy case

A court in Vienna declines to hear a legal case involving allegations that Facebook has broken EU data privacy laws. The court rejected the case brought by Max Schrems saying that it lacked jurisdiction in the matter.

Country: Austria

Domains: Privacy

Tags: jurisdiction, Austria, court trial, EU law, privacy, data protection, Internet, Facebook

Posted on Wednesday 1 July 2015

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