#publisher Metro » A student is suing Facebook over privacy and hopes its one billion users will join him Comments Feed alternate alternate Metro WordPress.com [tr?id=1522229268091476&ev=PageView&noscript=1] IFRAME: //www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NX8Q6N This site uses cookies. By continuing, your consent is assumed. Learn more News... but not as you know it 68.3m shares Trending Nutshell * Home * News + UK + World + Weird + Tech * Sport + Football + Oddballs + Club Metro + Transfer news + Viral videos * Entertainment + Showbiz + TV + Film + Music + Gaming + Celebrity Big Brother + Soaps * Lifestyle + Sex + Fashion + Food + Travel * More + Lifestyle + Blogs + Competitions + Jobs + Property * Search Metro * Follow us A student is suing Facebook over privacy and hopes its one billion users will join him [jimmy-nsubuga.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=40&h=40&c rop=1] Jimmy Nsubuga for Metro.co.ukSaturday 2 Aug 2014 6:53 pm A student is suing Facebook over privacy and hopes you will join him Max Schrems is hoping you will join him in suing Facebook (Picture: PA) A law student has decided to sue Facebook over privacy rights and has invited its one billion users to join him. Austrian Max Schrems was claiming 500 euro (£397) damages for everyone who signed up to his campaign through fbclaim.com. The lawsuit could be the biggest ever taken in Europe depending on how many people register. Max Schrems You can join the lawsuit through fbclaim.com (Picture: PA) The 26-year-old was unhappy the internet giant allegedly violated data protection by tracking internet use on external sites, including the use of ‘like’ buttons. Mr Schrems also claimed Facebook supported the US Prism surveillance programme, which was exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. ‘We are only claiming a small amount, as our primary objective is to ensure correct data protection,’ he said. ‘However, if many thousands of people participate we would reach an amount that will have a serious impact on Facebook.’ The lawsuit was being taken in the Commercial Court in Vienna against the Irish subsidiary of the New York-listed web giant. Facebook has so far declined to comment. More Facebook * [459643778.jpg?crop=193px%2C0px%2C3023px%2C2266px&resize=480%2 C360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] There's a vacancy for your dream job: Lego is hiring model builders * [sl-trumtations-comp1.jpg?crop=28px%2C0px%2C1127px%2C846px&res ize=480%2C360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] So someone wrote an erotic novel all about Donald Trump * [haka.jpg?crop=0px%2C14px%2C637px%2C477px&resize=480%2C360 8;quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] This is the best haka you'll ever see and it was at a wedding * [comp-ker.jpg?crop=68px%2C0px%2C1066px%2C799px&resize=480%2C36 0&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] Meredith Kercher killer Rudy Guede smeared walls with blood 'to understand her' * [sl-greece-migrants.png?w=100&h=75&crop=1] At least 42 killed as two migrant boats capsize in Greece * [wilbur-scovilles-151st-birthday-6275288709201920-3-hp2x.png?crop=1 00px%2C0px%2C600px%2C450px&resize=480%2C360&quality=80� 38;strip=all&w=100&h=75] Wilbur Scoville Google Doodle pits you against really hot chillies * MORE: Facebook goes down again, Twitter explodes, yet somehow the world keeps turning * MORE: Online daters respond to photos not words, OKCupid experiment reveals * MORE: Want unlimited chocolate? You have got to try this Comments Must read (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) What's trending now More trending stories » 1. There's a vacancy for your dream job: Lego is hiring model builders There's a vacancy for your dream job: Lego is hiring model builders 2. Here’s why people are changing their Facebook profile to childhood pics Here’s why people are changing their Facebook profile to childhood pics 3. Home Office announces new language test for migrants, spells 'language' wrong Home Office announces new language test for migrants, spells 'language' wrong 4. This is the ideal number of people to sleep with This is the ideal number of people to sleep with 5. Bedroom Tax claims another victim as mum found hanged with note to David Cameron Bedroom Tax claims another victim as mum found hanged with note to David Cameron More trending stories » YOU ARE HERE: World › Facebook * Home * News * Sport * Lifestyle * Entertainment * More + Blogs + Jobs * Search Metro Trending Nutshell MetroUK @MetroUK © 2016 Associated Newspapers Limited Powered by WordPress.com VIP Your ad choices Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicySite map Back to top Get us in your feed Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter [p?c1=2&c2=6034964&cv=2.0&cj=1]