Type: Conclusion of the Advocate General

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 12/02/2021

Subject: According to the Advocate general, the Member States may allow consumer protection associations to bring representative actions against infringements of the protection of personal data. Those actions must be based on infringements of rights which the data subjects derive directly from the General Data Protection Regulation

Parties: Facebook Ireland

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Personal data: consent - Personal data: access - Solidarity - Art. 38 Consumer protection - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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