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Hamburg To Fine Facebook Over Facial Recognition Feature

Posted by timothy on from the kennen-wer-uns? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Johannes Caspar, data protection commissioner for the German state of Hamburg, today declared he will soon fine Facebook over its use of biometric facial recognition technology. He said 'further negotiations are pointless' because the company had ignored a deadline he set for it to remove the feature. German authorities could fine Facebook up to €300,000 ($420,000)."

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  1. Re:Wait a minute by fyngyrz · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    They have offices in Hamburg, and they also do business with German advertisers, selling the information of German citizens.

    Easily rectified. Hopefully that's exactly what will happen. Let's see if FB, a company of enfeebled, ethics-free idiots if there ever was one, has the sense to figure it out. In the meantime, Germans can continue to shoot themselves in the foot all they want.

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