Germany: Issued Federal Court of Justice decision in lawsuit concerning scraping complex (claims in connection with a data protection incident on the social network Facebook) (No. 218/2024)

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Issued Federal Court of Justice decision in lawsuit concerning scraping complex (claims in connection with a data protection incident on the social network Facebook) (No. 218/2024)

On 18 November 2024, The Federal Court of Justice partially overturned a previous ruling from the Higher Regional Court of Cologne which dismissed all plaintiff claims, which had been issued on 7 December 2023. In overturning the regional court's de…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court

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2024-11-18
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On 18 November 2024, The Federal Court of Justice partially overturned a previous ruling from the H…