The court decision pertains only to targeting advertising to the same user.
They didn't say that the data can't be collected. They didn't say the data can't be processed at all. They didn't say that the data can't be "aggregated and analysed" for some purpose other than "to offer him personalised advertising".
Meta does indeed offer controls to disable personalised and targeted advertising. If Schrems had disabled these settings appropriately, would Schrems have learned what Meta knew? It would seem that the targeting and personalisation is often the only way a user will find out what social media knows about us.
So IMHO, this is a sad, sad day for your privacy and Schrem's privacy, because if Meta can't reveal what they know about us through advertising and targeting, then Meta does indeed take Meta's privacy very seriously.
Processing of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation shall be
prohibited.
There is a list of exceptions, but I'm not sure any of them apply. I don't really see how what the court says matters all that much. They can't overturn the law.
They didn't say that the data can't be collected. They didn't say the data can't be processed at all. They didn't say that the data can't be "aggregated and analysed" for some purpose other than "to offer him personalised advertising".
Meta does indeed offer controls to disable personalised and targeted advertising. If Schrems had disabled these settings appropriately, would Schrems have learned what Meta knew? It would seem that the targeting and personalisation is often the only way a user will find out what social media knows about us.
So IMHO, this is a sad, sad day for your privacy and Schrem's privacy, because if Meta can't reveal what they know about us through advertising and targeting, then Meta does indeed take Meta's privacy very seriously.