Meta has lost a legal battle in Germany over a global data leak in 2021, with the court ruling that the company failed to protect user privacy.

Meta faces potential claims from German users after a court ruling on a 2021 data breach affecting 500 million users worldwide.

A German court said on Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally obtained in 2018 and 2019 were eligible for compensation.

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

The Federal Court of Justice recognises user rights to non-material damages following a massive data breach but plaintiffs' lawyers are likedly to be disappointed by the amount.

A group of Facebook investors sued in 2018, saying the social media giant gave misleading statements and omitted key information about a data breach.

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, Meta,

A German court ruled on Monday that Facebook users affected by extensive data theft at the platform a few years ago should face only minimal hurdles for obtaining financial compensation. Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled claimants would only have to prove that they were victims of the incident,