LUXEMBOURG: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled an Austrian privacy activist cannot bring a class action lawsuit against Facebook. Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday that Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems could not bring a class action lawsuit against Facebook for what he claims is illegal use of private data. With 25,000 signatories to his suit, Schrems’ case was highly unusual for Europe, where class action lawsuits are rarely recognised. We’ll comply with these new rules, just as we’ve complied with existing data protection law in Europe,” a Facebook spokeswoman said. The court has ruled that Schrems cannot lead a class action lawsuit on behalf of others.

Source: Pakistan Today January 25, 2018 10:18 UTC