Facebook bid to stall class action lawsuit
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Facebook presented a long list of procedural objections to an Austrian court yesterday trying to halt a class action lawsuit for 25,000 users that accuses the social media giant of violating their privacy.
The first day of hearings began with a four-hour session in which Facebook鈥檚 lawyers tried to convince the judge not to admit the suit brought by law student Max Schrems, 27, who is claiming 500 euros (US$538) in damages for each user.
The suit is the latest of several legal challenges in Europe and the United States to Facebook for the way it shares users鈥 personal data with businesses or governments. Schrems has said this may become a test case for European data protection laws.
鈥淭he lawsuit is inadmissible on the procedural level 鈥 the court is not responsible,鈥 Facebook鈥檚 lawyer Nikolaus Pitkowitz told the judge. 鈥淚t is unjustified in terms of content.鈥
Schrems accused Facebook of engaging in delaying tactics. 鈥淭his is a typical strategy, because most consumers will run out of time and money,鈥 he said.
The judge said a written decision on whether the court can handle the suit will come before the summer.
In the first hearing, attorneys for Schrems and Facebook battled on technical grounds about whether the student has the status of a private Facebook consumer and if the 25,000 plaintiffs are legally allowed to confer their rights on him.
Schrems is claiming damages for alleged data violations by Facebook, including by aiding the US National Security Agency in running its PRISM program, which mined the personal data of Facebook users.
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