https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/28/cjeu-gdpr-consumer-litigation/

A ruling by the European Union’s top court today is set to unblock a raft of litigation brought by consumer protection organizations seeking to apply the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standard against tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter over issues like whether they gather properly informed consent to process people’s data.

In a judgement today, the Court of Justice (CJEU) affirmed that consumer protection organizations can bring representative actions against infringements of the bloc’s laws protecting people’s data under GDPR.