Overview

• BK Baumeister & Kollegen filed a Verbandklage at the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg with the Austrian Verbraucherschutzverein as plaintiff and Padronus providing financing.
• The action seeks disclosure of data held, deletion of off‑platform tracking records, and standardized damages of €5,000 per adult user or €10,000 for those affected as minors.
• Registration is open for German Facebook and Instagram users dating from 2018 via meta‑klage.de, with no upfront costs and a 9.5% success fee retained by the financier if the case prevails.
• Germany already hosts individual suits at all 120 regional courts, with roughly 2,000 first‑instance rulings issued and about 700 reported in favor of plaintiffs, including a €5,000 award by the Landgericht Leipzig in July.
• Meta rejects the allegations and is appealing adverse decisions, with first appellate hearings slated for November, initial second‑instance rulings expected in March 2026, and a potential Bundesgerichtshof outcome not anticipated before late 2026.