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The group, Digital Rights Ireland, said in a press release on Friday that it expected “thousands to sue” as it mounts its legal case against the social media giant.
“DRI will sue Facebook to recover damages for those affected, a first for legal actions against tech companies in Europe,” the group said of their case, which will be filed through the Irish courts.
“Forcing companies like Facebook to pay money to users whose privacy rights they’ve violated is the most effective way to really change the behavior of these big tech companies,” said TJ McIntyre, a chairperson for DRI. “Facebook is a uniquely powerful company, reaching into the lives of its billion plus users, and they need to get this right.”
Facebook Sure Seems Desperate To Pass This Latest Data Breach Off As Old News For Some Reason
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In the aftermath of bombshell reports of a massive data breach that may have compromised the personal information of as many as 533 million users, Facebook has committed absolutely to trying to spin the leak as old news, no big deal, definitely nothing to see here, no need to even think about this too much at all, really.
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This briefing will compare the draft Fundamentals for a
child oriented approach to data processing (the
Fundamentals ) recently released by the
Data Protection Commission of Ireland (the
DPC ) with the Age Appropriate Design
Code (the
AADC ) produced by the
Information Commissioner s Office in the UK (the
ICO ). The AADC was adopted in
September 2020 and organisations have until 2 September 2021 to
comply. See our briefing on the Fundamentals
here.
The Fundamentals apply to both online and offline services that
are directed at / intended to be accessed by children. The
Campaigners in six European countries filed simultaneous complaints on Wednesday accusing online advertisers including Google of “broadcasting” internet users’ personal data online.
The consortium, which is led by European human rights group Liberties, wants European regulators to examine how a user’s personal data can be sold to multiple advertising partners in an instant.
It says a widely-used model called RTB – which stands for real-time bidding – means the information is not being protected as advertisers scramble to reach the most valuable audiences online.
Dr Orsolya Reich, a senior advocacy officer at Liberties, said it was an abuse of people’s right to privacy .