They/Schrems have been at it for a while now. They initially tried to go through the Irish DPC (Data Protection Commissioner)[1] but that wasn't very fruitful.

They/Schrems have been at it for a while now. They initially tried to go through the Irish DPC (Data Protection Commissioner)[1] but that wasn't very fruitful. In 2013 they issued complaints in 3 different countries. Again no outcome[2] (see 'reactions'). Now they're at this lawsuit[3] regarding the following violations: - Data use policy which is invalid under EU law - The absence of effective consent to many types of data use - Support of the NSA’s ‘PRISM’ surveillance programme - Tracking of Internet users on external websites (e.g. through ‘Like buttons’) - Monitoring and analysis of users through ‘big data’ systems - Unlawful introduction of ‘Graph Search’ - Unauthorised passing on of user data to external applications Some more information about the suit can be found here https://www.fbclaim.com/ui/page/faqs https://www.fbclaim.com/ui/page/faqs [1] http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/complaints.html http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/complaints.ht... [2] http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/PRISM/prism.html http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/PRISM/prism.h... [3] http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/Class_Action/class_action.html http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/Class_Action/...