Court Of Justice Of The European Union

Privacy activist and 25,000 Facebook users demand right to file class-action suit against the company

Schrems's lawsuit concerns alleged violations of privacy by Facebook through its use of personal data and tracking of users on external pages, among other things.

Britain's offer after Brexit: New immigration status, identity cards for 3.2 million EU citizens

EU citizens in UK will still have to apply and pay a fee around £65 and are likely to get some form of identity card or document confirming their status.

Mass retention of data is illegal, says European Union court

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) said its ruling was based on the view that holding traffic and location data en masse allowed "very precise conclusions to be drawn concerning the private lives of the persons whose data has been retained".

US joins the case against Facebook data transfers from EU

The United States can join a landmark case on the legality of cross-border data transfers, an Irish court ruled on Tuesday in a move that gives U.S. authorities a platform to defend their surveillance laws before the European Union's top court.

Data retention coupled with strict rules, backed by EU court adviser

Telecoms operators in the European Union may be required to retain customer communications data as long as it is strictly necessary to fight serious crime and does not unduly interfere with privacy, an adviser to the top EU court said on Tuesday.

EU says firms like Google and Facebook must meet privacy rules