Maximilian Schrems

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human privacy activist

Maximilian Schrems is an Austrian privacy activist and lawyer known for his landmark legal challenges against Facebook that led to the invalidation of major EU–US data transfer frameworks.

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Label	Occurrences
Maximilian Schrems canonical	2
Maximillian Schrems	1
Maximillian Schrems as complainant	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7779654 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maximilian Schrems
Context triple: [EU–US Privacy Shield, wasChallengedBy, Maximilian Schrems]

A. Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Daniel Domscheit-Berg is a German technology activist and former WikiLeaks spokesperson who became known for his whistleblowing work and later critiques of the organization.
B. Julian Assange
Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, publisher, and activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks, which released classified and sensitive documents from governments and organizations worldwide.
C. Daniel Assange
Daniel Assange is the son of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has occasionally drawn public attention due to his father's high-profile legal and political controversies.
D. Viscount Snowden
Viscount Snowden was the noble title granted to Philip Snowden, a prominent British Labour politician who served as the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer.
E. Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa is a Filipino-American journalist and co-founder of the news site Rappler, renowned for her investigative reporting on authoritarianism and disinformation and as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maximilian Schrems
Target entity description: Maximilian Schrems is an Austrian privacy activist and lawyer known for his landmark legal challenges against Facebook that led to the invalidation of major EU–US data transfer frameworks.

A. Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Daniel Domscheit-Berg is a German technology activist and former WikiLeaks spokesperson who became known for his whistleblowing work and later critiques of the organization.
B. Julian Assange
Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, publisher, and activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks, which released classified and sensitive documents from governments and organizations worldwide.
C. Daniel Assange
Daniel Assange is the son of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has occasionally drawn public attention due to his father's high-profile legal and political controversies.
D. Viscount Snowden
Viscount Snowden was the noble title granted to Philip Snowden, a prominent British Labour politician who served as the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer.
E. Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa is a Filipino-American journalist and co-founder of the news site Rappler, renowned for her investigative reporting on authoritarianism and disinformation and as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ privacy activist ⓘ
areaOfActivism	consumer rights ⓘ data protection rights ⓘ digital rights ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Austria ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1987-10-11 ⓘ
educatedAt	Santa Clara University ⓘ University of Vienna ⓘ
familyName	Schrems ⓘ
fieldOfWork	data protection ⓘ information technology law ⓘ privacy law ⓘ
founded	noyb – European Center for Digital Rights ⓘ
givenName	Maximilian ⓘ
hasSocialMediaPresenceOn	Twitter ⓘ linked to: Twitter, Inc.
hasWebsite	https://noyb.eu ⓘ
isSubjectOf	Schrems I judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ linked to: Schrems I Schrems II judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ linked to: Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems
knownFor	Schrems I case ⓘ linked to: Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems Schrems II case ⓘ linked to: Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems challenging EU–US data transfer frameworks ⓘ legal actions against Facebook ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ German ⓘ
legalActionFiledIn	Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
legalCase	Schrems I ⓘ Schrems II ⓘ linked to: Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems
name	Maximilian Schrems ⓘ
nationality	Austrian ⓘ
notableAchievement	contributed to invalidation of EU–US Privacy Shield framework ⓘ contributed to invalidation of EU–US Safe Harbor framework ⓘ
notableWork	complaint leading to invalidation of Privacy Shield ⓘ complaint leading to invalidation of Safe Harbor ⓘ
occupation	activist ⓘ author ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
opponentInLegalCase	Facebook Ireland ⓘ Meta Platforms ⓘ linked to: Meta Platforms, Inc.
placeOfBirth	Austria ⓘ Salzburg ⓘ
positionHeld	chair of noyb – European Center for Digital Rights ⓘ
residence	Austria ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EU–US Privacy Shield → wasChallengedBy → Maximilian Schrems ⓘ

Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems → hasDefendant → Maximillian Schrems ⓘ

linked to: Maximilian Schrems

Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems → hasPartyRole → Maximillian Schrems as complainant ⓘ

linked to: Maximilian Schrems

Maximilian Schrems → name → Maximilian Schrems ⓘ

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