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Facebook's ongoing privacy struggles, a German court has ruled that users affected by the massive 2019 data breach can seek compensation without proving specific damage, as reported by Bloomberg. This ruling represents a meaningful shift in how tech companies may be held accountable for data protection failures.
The 2019 breach exposed the personal information of 533 million Facebook users across 157 countries through a technique known as "scraping." The scope of exposed information was extensive, including full names, phone numbers, locations, birth dates, email addresses and biographical information.
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