Max Schrems, a law student from Austria and an old acquaintance Facebook που του έχει δημιουργήσει κατά καιρούς αρκετά προβλήματα. Ο δραστήριος φοιτητής κάνοντας πρακτική στο μελλοντικό του επάγγελμα, κατέθεσε μια συλλογική αγωγή ενάντια στο κοινωνικό δίκτυο, που μπορεί να περιλαμβάνει έως και 1 δισεκατομμύριο users.
This is possible because he issued an invitation to all Facebook users except those residing in Canada and the United States to participate. The number will be really big which is quite a big number considering that only 20% of Facebook's monthly users come from these two countries, as reported by Mashable.
Schrems filed a complaint with an Austrian court indicating that Facebook has committed a number of privacy violations, including assistance to the US National Security Service to collect user information through the PRISM program. The young student asks for 500 € for each user who signs the complaint.
It also claims that Facebook is violating European laws protectionof personal data, because it tracks users from websites that are outside the social network through the "like" buttons.
If the name Schrems is known on Facebook, as this is not the first lawsuit. The student had again sued Facebook last year. He then blames the social network of participants in the PRISM surveillance program and the lawsuit was filed before the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland.
The young man invites all adult Facebook users outside the United States and Canada to follow him in his fight against the world's largest social network. If you want to "register" for Schrems' lawsuit you can do it here.
