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Dutch Supreme Court Sends Privacy Class Action Against Oracle Back to Appeal
- On 17 July 2026 the Supreme Court of the Netherlands (Hoge Raad) quashed the Amsterdam Court of Appeal's judgments of 18 June and 24 September 2024 that had admitted The Privacy Collective's (TPC) collective action against Oracle and Salesforce, and referred the case to the Court of Appeal in The Hague[1].
- The court held the appeal judges had set too low a bar for representativeness: they should have asked whether the claim has the support of a sufficiently large share of the whole group TPC acts for, not merely that a non-negligible number back it[1].
- It also faulted the reliance on anonymous "likes" on TPC's website as evidence of support, and ordered TPC to pay Oracle's costs in the principal appeal[1].
- TPC, suing since 14 August 2020 under the GDPR and the Dutch Telecommunications Act over Oracle's Data Management Platform, seeks EUR 500 in immaterial damages per Dutch internet user among other heads of claim[3]; the ruling puts the group at ten million users and the claim at EUR 5 billion[1].
- Oracle says it served its writ on the Court of Appeal on 27 July 2026, with a first court date of 4 August and a submission due 15 September[2].
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- [1]90%uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:HR:2026:1198uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Jul 17, 2026 ✓· 38% of score
ECLI:NL:HR:2026:1198, Hoge Raad, 17-07-2026: the judgment was 'in het openbaar uitgesproken ... op 17 juli 2026'; Oracle's 10-Q: 'on July 17, 2026, the Supreme Court found that the Court of Appeal had applied the wrong standard'.
- [2]90%Oracle Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2026sec.gov· Published Sep 11, 2026· 36% of score
Oracle's account: the Supreme Court found the Court of Appeal applied the wrong standard and remanded; Oracle served a writ on 27 July 2026, first court date 4 August, submission due 15 September.[1]
- [3]88%Oracle Corporation Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026sec.gov· Published Jun 22, 2026· 26% of score
The case history: filed 14 August 2020, the Advocate General's opinion of 30 January 2026 against Oracle, and TPC's claimed damages categories.[1]
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