German court sides with consumer groups against Facebook data collection

Facebook has suffered a blow against its data collection practices in Europe, with a German court ruling some of the social media giant’s user terms.

Last week a Berlin Court ruled in favour of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations, known locally as VZBV, in its case against Facebook. VZBZ alleged the tech giant is violating GDPR’s “informed consent” requirements with its privacy settings and some of its terms and conditions.

Source: German court sides with consumer groups against Facebook data collection – Which-50