Luis Rijo reports:
A German court has awarded a Facebook user €5,000 in compensation for data protection violations involving Meta’s Business Tools, marking a significant precedent in European privacy enforcement. The Leipzig District Court delivered its judgment on July 4, 2025, finding that Meta Platforms Ireland Limited systematically breached the General Data Protection Regulation through its extensive tracking infrastructure.
According to the court filing, the 5th Civil Chamber responsible for data protection law based its decision exclusively on Article 82 of the GDPR rather than national personality rights law. This approach distinguishes the Leipzig ruling from comparable cases in other German courts, establishing a European legal framework for calculating compensation damages.
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