Europe vs Facebook

Global
Access to Information
Privacy
Transparency
Description: 

In 2011, Max Schrems used European data privacy laws to file a request for his personal data from Facebook. Facebook provided him with 1,222 pages on a CD, containing deleted chat conversations, details on his physical location identified by IP addresses and more data he never agreed to share. With other students, he set up a campaign website called Europe versus Facebook which provided a video tutorial for others to request their own data from Facebook. This lead to over 40,000 requests to Facebook.  

Data
Social Networks
Mobilising for action
Europe vs Facebook

This campaign raised important questions about the amount of information Facebook stores on users and to whom that data belongs. Be aware of what you post on social networks, particularly if you work on sensitive issues.