A Dutch court hearing the class action case on Wednesday found that Meta’s European subsidiary Facebook Ireland misused the personal data of Dutch citizens between 2010 and 2020 and said the company had “broken the law”. “Personal data has been processed for advertising, although this is not permitted in this case,” the Amsterdam court’s decision reads. “Personal information was disclosed to third parties without notification to Facebook users and without a legal basis.” The decision targeted Facebook Ireland because it is part of the company that oversees the processing of…

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