Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) has been targeted by eight European Union consumer groups, alleging the company's data collection practices breach GDPR rules. These complaints, filed in countries including the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, and Spain, accuse Meta of failing to adhere to GDPR's fair processing and data minimisation standards. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) accused Meta’s ‘pay-or-consent’ business model of being a “smokescreen to obscure (the) r ...