Meta Sentenced to Pay a Fine of 5,000 Euros to a User in Germany

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The American giant Meta was condemned today by the German court's decision to pay 5,000 euros to a Facebook user for violating European data protection rules, which is a decision

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Due to violations of the EU data protection rules, the Landgericht Leipzig awarded a compensation of EUR 5000 to a user of the online network Facebook.The "high compensation sum" is justified by the enormous profits that Facebook mother Meta achieves with the help of personalized advertising, the court declared on Friday. The verdict is not yet final. (Az. 05 O 2351/23)Concretely, the case was about a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Ireland, as t…

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The Leipzig Regional Court has ordered Meta Platforms Ireland to pay €5,000 in compensation to a Facebook user for data protection violations caused by its business tools. On Friday, the court justified the high sum by citing massive violations of European data protection law and the billions in profits Meta generates through personalized advertising. Meta collects user data through its business tools, even when users are not logged into Faceboo…