Facebook says EU data demands included risks to staff’s families

The social network sued the European Commission in July, winning a temporary halt to officials’ demands to turn over internal documents that matched certain search terms. — Bay Area News Group/TNS

Facebook Inc accused the European Commission of demanding the disclosure of irrelevant data that included details of correspondence with bereaved staff and of security risks to key employees’ families.

The social network sued the European Commission in July, winning a temporary halt to officials’ demands to turn over internal documents that matched certain search terms. The alleged extent of regulator’s demands for information emerged in filings to the European Union’s General Court published in the EU’s Official Journal on Monday.