Facebook privacy claim to be probed

The privacy campaigner who successfully challenged a treaty which allowed the data of millions of European citizens be transferred to the US has warned he may take more cases.

Max Schrems is to have his ground-breaking complaint over the alleged movement of personal information by Facebook investigated by Ireland’s online watchdog after a near three-year fight. And as the High Court in Dublin cleared the way for the audit, the Austrian law student said he was considering other challenges to tech giants involved in cloud services.

“There are certain companies where we know they are involved in mass surveillance because of the Snowden leaks, and I think that’s the companies you should take a look at,” said Mr Schrems.