Newsmaker: Max Schrems

Max Schrems's 23rd complaint against Facebook has made its way to the European Court of Justice

Independent.ie Newsdesk

From Vienna cafes to the European Union's highest court, an Austrian law student's two-year battle against Facebook and mass US surveillance culminated in a landmark ruling that has rippled across the business world.

Max Schrems, a 28-year-old Facebook user finishing his PhD in law at Vienna University, was born in Salzburg in 1987 and became interested in privacy issues at a young age.