A Dutch court hearing a class action case on March 15 noted that Facebook (whose owns Meta is considered extremist and is banned in Russia) is the European subsidiary of Meta (considered extremist and banned in Russia). It found that Ireland misused personal data of Dutch citizens between 2010 and 2020. In this respect informs Reuters agency.
“Personal information has been processed for advertising purposes, which is unacceptable. In particular, personal data has been transferred to third parties without notifying Facebook users.”
Reuters explains that a lawsuit has been filed against Facebook Ireland because the unit in question was engaged in the processing of Dutch data. Meta said they agree with some of the court decisions. However, the company plans to contest some points.
“We know that privacy is important to our Dutch users and we want them to control how their data is used,” Meta said.
Gerard Spierenburg, spokesman for the plaintiffs’ group at law firm Data Privacy Stiching, told reporters that he and his clients are satisfied with the court’s decision. Now the prosecution intends to demand monetary compensation from Meta.
According to Spierenburg, it currently represents the interests of the 190,000 Dutch people involved in the case.
Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote He said a dismissed Meta employee described the company with the phrase “he didn’t work a day”.