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Max Schrems added to Meta’s €1.2bn case against Ireland’s data watchdog
Case relates to Meta’s appeal over the DPC’s decision to fine Facebook a record €1.2 billion and to halt data transfers from Europe to the US
A privacy campaigner has been joined to Meta’s €1.2 billion case against the Data Protection Commissioner after a High Court judge ruled that he was “uniquely and directly” affected by the proceedings.
Max Schrems, an Austrian activist and lawyer, was entitled to be joined as a notice party to the case, Mr Justice Michael Quinn said.
The judge said the inquiry at the centre of Meta’s case had its origin in a complaint from Schrems ...
