“On the first day of GDPR enforcement, Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems filed a series of lawsuits against Facebook accusing it of coercing users into sharing personal data. In the latest case against the technology behemoth, Schrems v Facebook Ireland Limited, 4, the Vienna Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) ruled on December 28, 2020 that Facebook does not need to obtain the explicit consent of its users to use their data for targeted advertisements …” (more)
[Baily Martin, Georgetown Law Technology Review, January 2021]
First posted 2021-01-23 09:33:03
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