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Thursday, Nov 13, 2025

Facebooks Datenschutzverletzung 2021: Ein Weg zur Entschädigung für Millionen

Deutsche Facebook-Nutzer schließen sich Sammelklage gegen Meta wegen Datenlecks an.
Im anhaltenden Nachgang des berüchtigten Facebook-Datenlecks von 2021 finden deutsche Facebook-Nutzer neue Wege, um Wiedergutmachung zu suchen, wie vom Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) in Berlin angekündigt.

Diese Möglichkeit ergibt sich in Form einer kollektiven Klage gegen Meta, das Mutterunternehmen von Facebook, wodurch Millionen von Betroffenen der Datenpanne Entschädigung fordern können, ohne persönliche Rechtskosten zu tragen.

Das Leck, das Daten von etwa 533 Millionen Nutzern in 106 Ländern offenlegte, beeinträchtigte allein in Deutschland etwa sechs Millionen Nutzer.

Obwohl Meta die Haftungsgrundlage bestritten und die Ansprüche als inhaltslos bezeichnet hat, markiert ein aktuelles Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs einen Wendepunkt.

Das Gericht entschied, dass die bloße Aufnahme in die Liste gehackter Konten ausreicht, um einen Schadensersatzanspruch geltend zu machen, und wies Metas Haltung zurück, dass der Missbrauch von Daten oder spezifische Schäden nachgewiesen werden müssen.

Trotz dieses rechtlichen Erfolgs, der Ansprüche ermöglicht, ist die potenzielle Entschädigung bescheiden—das Gericht nannte einen Grundbetrag von 100 Euro für den Kontrollverlust.

In Fällen, die psychisches Leid betreffen, könnte die Entschädigungssumme jedoch erhöht werden, um zusätzlichen Schaden widerzuspiegeln.

Der Beitritt zur Klage erfordert jedoch Geduld.

Das Bundesamt für Justiz muss zunächst sein Klageregister eröffnen, was Anfang nächsten Jahres erwartet wird, um den Weg für die Betroffenen zu ebnen, sich mit den Verbraucherschützern in ihrem Streben nach Wiedergutmachung zu verbünden.

In der Zwischenzeit werden Interessierte ermutigt, die von der Vereinigung angebotenen Benachrichtigungsdienste zu abonnieren, um informiert zu bleiben.

Während nationale Gerichtsstände mit dem Ausgleich von Datenschutz und Unternehmensverantwortung ringen, unterstreicht dieser Fall die sich wandelnde Dynamik im Verbraucherschutzrecht und könnte globale Standards beeinflussen.

Da Facebook weltweit mit ähnlichen Klagen konfrontiert ist, erwarten viele umfassendere Auswirkungen auf die digitalen Datenschutzlandschaften.
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