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How One Austrian Student Took On American Tech Companies Over Privacy—and Won


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Max Schrems, Herwig Hofmann, European Court

Max Schrems, left, and his lawyer Herwig Hofmann, right, at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Oct. 6.

Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert

Earlier this month the European Union's top court struck down a major trade agreement that thousands of companies use to transfer Europeans' personal data to the United States, ruling that it violates the privacy rights of Europeans by allegedly leaving them exposed to U.S. government surveillance.

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