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EU data protection rules don't allow the company to use personal data for an unlimited period of time, the Advocate General said. Facebook cannot use publicly…
Meta has been warned for using users' publicly available information, such as sexual orientation details, for targeted advertising, which violates GDPR rules that require explicit user consent.
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems on Thursday received backing from an adviser to Europe's top court in his fight against Meta Platforms over personalised advertising based on processing of personal data. The adviser's opinion is non-binding, but judges at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), follow the majority of such recommendations. Schrems, who has repeatedly sued Meta for alleged breaches of the EU's privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), took his grievance to an Austrian court, saying he regularly receive...
An EU court adviser recommends Meta's Facebook be barred from using public data on users' sexual orientation for targeted ads, emphasizing strict data protection. This follows a case from privacy advocate Max Schrems, with Facebook claiming not to use sensitive data for personalized ads.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General Athanasios Rantos has issued a non-binding Opinion in Case C-446/21 stating that where an individual's posts on social media about th...