Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/28/2022

Subject: The Court affirmed that consumer protection associations may bring representative actions against infringements of personal data protection. Such an action may be brought independently of the specific infringement of a data subject’s right to the protection of his or her personal data and in the absence of a mandate to that effect

Parties: Meta Platforms Ireland

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Personal data: consent - Personal data: access - Solidarity - Art. 38 Consumer protection

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