Facebook sued for alleged violations of European privacy lawsApril 9, 2015 - 12:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook is being sued by some 25,000 users for alleged violations of European privacy laws in a class action suit due in a Vienna court later, BBC News reports. The claim, led by Austrian data protection campaigner Max Schrems, focuses on the way Facebook collects and forwards data. It has been brought against Facebook's European headquarters in Dublin, which registers all accounts outside the US and Canada. Facebook has not commented on the case. The legal action also claims privacy laws are breached in the way the networking giant monitors users when they use the site's "like" buttons. Schrems, a law graduate, wants to stop what he calls mass surveillance by the social networking site. He also alleges the company cooperated with Prism, a surveillance system launched in 2007 by the U.S. National Security Agency. The case includes a compensation claim of about €500 ($539) per person. Schrems has said that Facebook does not believe the case is admissible under Austrian law. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |