German court sides with Facebook users in data case
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Frankfurt, Germany: A top German court ruled Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally accessed and distributed online can claim compensatio...
Frankfurt, Germany: A top German court ruled Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally accessed and distributed online can claim compensation, in a landmark decision potentially affecting thousands of other cases.
The Federal Court of Justice decided that even a brief loss of control over one's data can amount to damage, and that financial losses do not need to be proven.
The ruling in the test case could have a bearing on thousands of other cases currently before the German courts.
In 2018 and 2019, unknown third parties gained access to Facebook users' data -- including names, gender and in some cases places of work -- by entering random phone numbers in the search function.
It is no longer possible to do this.
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