VIENNA: An Austrian law student said his class action challenging Facebook for alleged privacy violations had gathered support from 60,000 users and passed its first legal review.
Max Schrems, who already has a case involving the social network pending at the European Court of Justice, is claiming damages of 500 euros (RM2,101) per user from US-listed Facebook. The US$195bil (RM617.17bil) company has 1.32 billion active users.
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