Max Schrems who is a longtime critic of the companies because of their data collection and data policies, filed a lawsuit against both Facebook and Google, of 3.9 Billion Euros each. It was filed a day after GDPR was to be enforced. 

GDPR requires the companies to take clear consent before taking any personal data from the users and these guidelines have instructed the companies to revise their user privacy policies and data collection practices. There is also a lot of widespread uncertainty on how the European regulation and the government officials representing the European regulation committee will treat the requirements. 

The lawsuit was filed on the basis of the findings of Schrems, which suggested that both the companies named had not totally complied with GDPR yet. There were some key and vital parts left out, which could put the users’ private data at risk. The companies are currently disputing the lawsuits saying that  “We build privacy and security into our products from the very earliest stages,” Google said in a statement, “and are committed to complying with the EU GDPR.” Similarly, Facebook has followed Google saying that they have prepared for the past 18 month trying to comply with the GDPR regulations.