PogoWasRight.org

Menu
  • About
  • Privacy
Menu

Activist wins privacy case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dissent

Associated Press reports:

The European Union’s top court has said social media company Meta cannot use public information about a user’s sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalised advertising under the bloc’s strict data privacy rules.

The decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg is a victory for Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, who has been a thorn in the side of Big Tech companies over their compliance with the 27-nation bloc’s data privacy rules.

The EU court issued its ruling after Austria’s supreme court asked for guidance in Mr Schrems’ case on how to apply the privacy rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Read more at BreakingNews.ie.

Category: BusinessCourtFeatured NewsLawsNon-U.S.Online

Post navigation

← The dark side of Meta’s smart glasses: Harvard students reveal how Mark Zuckerberg’s creepy spectacles can be used to instantly find strangers’ names and addresses
China Issues Guideline on Sensitive Personal Information →

Now more than ever

Search

Contact Me

Email: [email protected]

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Categories

Recent Posts

  • The Markup caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech
  • Privacy in the Big Sky State: Montana’s Consumer Privacy Law Gets Amended
  • UK Passes Data Use and Access Regulation Bill
  • Officials defend Liberal bill that would force hospitals, banks, hotels to hand over data
  • US Judge Invalidates Biden Rule Protecting Privacy for Abortions
  • DOJ’s Data Security Program: Key Compliance Considerations for Impacted Entities
  • 23andMe fined £2.31 million for failing to protect UK users’ genetic data

RSS Recent Posts on DataBreaches.net

  • CoinMarketCap Hacked, Scrambles to Remove Malicious Wallet Verification Popup
  • Montana Attorney General launches investigation into Lee Enterprises data breach
  • AT&T gets preliminary approval for $177 million data breach settlement
  • Aflac notifies SEC of breach suspected to be work of Scattered Spider
  • Former JBLM soldier pleads guilty to attempting to share military secrets with China
©2025 PogoWasRight.org. All rights reserved.