Facebook has been under the control of the EU competition authorities since last year (Representation)
Brussels:
Facebook is suing EU antitrust regulators for seeking information beyond what is necessary, including highly personal details, for their investigations into the company’s data and market, the group said on Monday. American social media.
Facebook has been under intense scrutiny by EU competition authorities since last year, with one investigation into its data mine and the other into its online marketplace launched in 2016 and used by 800 million Facebook users in 70 countries to buy and sell items.
The company has since provided 315,000 documents, or 1.7 million pages, to the Commission.
“The exceptionally broad nature of the Commission’s requests means that we would be required to hand over mostly irrelevant documents which have nothing to do with Commission investigations, including very sensitive personal information such as medical information employee, personal financial records and private information about employee family members, “Facebook deputy general counsel Tim Lamb said in a statement.
“We believe that such requests should be considered by European courts.”
The Commission said it would defend its case in court.
EU regulators comb through documents for about 2,500 search phrases that include “big question”, “stop” and “not good for us,” said a person familiar with the matter.
The person said such search terms can be found in employee health information, performance reviews, and even company job applications that are not relevant to company surveys. EU.
In addition to the two lawsuits against the Commission, Facebook is also asking for interim measures before the General Court based in Luxembourg, the second highest in Europe, to suspend these data requests until judges rule, according to a file. court.
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