Facebook, Google Data Sent From EU Violates Privacy, Group Says

Companies that send data from the European Union to Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.‘s Google violate the bloc’s privacy law because the information is subject to U.S. surveillance, privacy advocates alleged.

None of Your Business, a group set up by Austrian activist Max Schrems, filed more than 100 complaints with EU privacy offices alleging that companies, including Airbnb Inc. and Sephora SAS, violate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The group cites the the EU Court of Justice’s July 16 decision to allege that the companies lack a legal basis to transfer data. The decision invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy ...