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Facebook's consent dispute with consumer group leads to legal standing query at EU court (correct*)

By Matthew Newman ( July 17, 2020, 17:11 GMT | Insight) -- A dispute between Facebook and a German consumer group regarding the social media's consent policy has prompted a question on associations' legal standing to pursue actions in national courts based on breaches of EU data-protection rules.* EU judges will examine whether groups such as the VZBV, the umbrella organization of German consumer associations, can pursue complaints under EU data-protection rules, regardless of whether there is an infringement of an individual's specific rights and a mandate from a person concerned.A dispute between Facebook and a German consumer group regarding the social media's consent policy has prompted a question on associations' legal standing to pursue actions in national courts based on breaches of EU data-protection rules.*...

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