Austrian activist Schrems’ Facebook complaint referred to EU court

BERLIN, July 20 (Reuters) – Austria’s Supreme Court has questioned the legal basis on which Facebook (FB.O) collects user data and referred key issues for a ruling by Europe’s top court, after awarding symbolic damages to activist Max Schrems in his privacy case against the company. In a 34-page ruling, the Austrian court accepted the request from […]

‘It’s my home’: the island activist who forced German climate action

If the North Sea island of Pellworm vanishes beneath the waves it will take with it the 300-year-old family farm of Sophie Backsen, 22, who last week won a court judgment forcing Germany to take swifter action to combat climate change. Backsen was one of a group of plaintiffs who challenged Germany’s 2019 climate law, […]