# Austrian Supreme Court: Meta must give users full access to their data

- Type: News
- Source: noyb - European Center for Digital Rights
- Date: 2025-12-18
- Original: https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-supreme-court-meta-must-give-users-full-access-their-data
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/49120
- Topics: Special Categories of Data, Lawful Basis, Types of Special Categories of Personal Data, Monitoring, Political Opinions, Article 9 Special Categories Processing Conditions, Consent, Personal Data

## Summary

Online & Mobile tracking Austrian Supreme Court (OGH): Meta must provide full access to all personal data of user within 14 days, including the sources, recipients and purposes for which each information was used. All of Meta's claims of trade secrets or other limitations were rejected, leading to unprecedented access to the inner workings of Meta. Meta was also illegally collecting data from third party apps and websites and may only provide personalised advertisement if a user provided “specif

## Full text

Online & Mobile tracking Austrian Supreme Court (OGH): Meta must provide full access to all personal data of user within 14 days, including the sources, recipients and purposes for which each information was used. All of Meta's claims of trade secrets or other limitations were rejected, leading to unprecedented access to the inner workings of Meta. Meta was also illegally collecting data from third party apps and websites and may only provide personalised advertisement if a user provided “specific, informed, unambiguous and freely given” consent. Meta must also ensure that data revealing sensitive information (such as political views, sexual orientation, or health) is not processed together with other data unless a valid legal basis according to Article 9(2) GDPR applies. Meta may not avoid the application of Article 9 GDPR by arguing that it does not intentionally collect such data or that it cannot technically distinguish or segregate it. The case, brought by Max Schrems in 2014, ori

## Cited law provisions (2)

### GDPR — gdpr-art-9-par-2-en

Paragraph 1 shall not apply if one of the following applies:

### GDPR — gdpr-art-9-en

Processing of special categories of personal data

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