11,000 Join Facebook Class-Action Lawsuit

Since Viennese law student Max Schrems filed a class-action lawsuit and petitioned U.S. and Canadian Facebook users to join him last Friday, more than 11,000 users have signed on to sue Facebook. Claimants are to expect €500, or $671, in damages if they win.

“It is much more than we expected,” Schrems told IT World . (RELATED: Facebook Faces European Class-Action Lawsuit Over Privacy)

According to Schrems , Facebook has violated European privacy laws, collaborated with the NSA and has not complied with the Right to Access (among other things). (RELATED: So What Is The NSA ALLOWED To Do?)

“Our aim is to make Facebook finally operate lawfully in the area of data protection,” Schrems said in a statement. “Each additional participant also increases the pressure on Facebook.”

Well, Schrems is certainly getting what he wanted. According to IT World, 50 percent of those who have joined the class-action lawsuit are Austrian or German. It is unclear whether or not U.S. or Canadian users have signed on.

11,000加入Facebook集體訴訟

由於維也納法律系學生最大Schrems提起了集體訴訟，並訴請美國和加拿大的Facebook用戶加入他上週五，有超過11,000的用戶簽署了起訴Facebook上。索賠人期望€500，或者$671的損失，如果他們贏了。

“這比我們預期的要多得多，”Schrems告訴IT世界。 （相關閱讀：Facebook的歐洲面臨集體訴訟案在私隱）

據Schrems，Facebook已經違反了歐盟的隱私法，聯同美國國家安全局並沒有遵守正確的訪問（除其他事項外）。（相關閱讀:什麼是國家安全局允許做的）

“我們的目標是讓Facebook終於在數據保護領域合法經營，”Schrems在一份聲明中說。 “每增加一個參與者也增加了Facebook上的壓力。”

好吧，Schrems肯定是得到他想要的東西。據IT世界，那些誰也加入了集體訴訟的50％是奧地利或德國。目前還不清楚美國或加拿大的用戶是否已經簽署。