A Dutch appeals court has ruled that Oracle and Salesforce must continue defending a class-action lawsuit involving the use of cookies to collect and track personal information for their data management platforms. The case, brought by The Privacy Collective, a Dutch nonprofit focused on consumer privacy, centers around the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. The court summarized the accusations against Oracle and Salesforce, stating that they collect personal data from Internet users through cookies, process it into detailed profiles, and sell this information to third parties for personalized ads. The defendants claim that it is the website operators who place cookies, not them, and dispute being considered controllers or data traders under the GDPR.
Oracle denies providing advertising services, stating they only assist in creating user interest profiles. Salesforce, a software company, emphasizes that they do not collect personal data for their own business purposes and leave it to customers to decide how to interact with Internet users. The lawsuit seeks to compensate 10 million Dutch users with 500 euros each for a total of 5 billion euros, which Oracle and Salesforce argue is implausible.
The case, filed in 2020, has reached a crucial point with the recent court ruling. Despite attempts to seek comments from Oracle and Salesforce, there was no response by the deadline. The Privacy Collective considers the ruling a significant step towards justice and privacy protection for Dutch internet users.
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