This ruling represents a seismic shift in how tech companies may be held accountable for data protection failures.

This morning the justices dismissed Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank as “improvidently granted” – that is, without issuing a ...

In tossing the appeal, the Supreme Court leaves in place a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in ...

The claims, which stem from a data breach in 2021 of information gathered through the Facebook friend search feature, had ...

A German court ruled on Monday that Facebook users affected by extensive data theft at the platform a few years ago should ...

Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that Facebook users whose data was illegally accessed in 2018 and 2019 are ...

A German court ruled Facebook must compensate users whose data was hacked in 2018-2019, even without proof of financial loss.

The Federal Court of Justice recognises user rights to non-material damages following a massive data breach but plaintiffs' ...

The lawsuit was brought by investors who claim they were misled by the social media giant about risks from a massive data ...

Germany's highest civil court has ruled that victims of a Facebook data breach could be entitled to compensation. The ruling could be good news for millions of users, but Facebook's parent company, ...

The claims, which stem from a data breach in 2021 of information gathered through the Facebook friend search feature, had been dismissed in principle by a lower court in Cologne and will now have ...