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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:Not enough cash to bail out Greece and Italy? by BitterOak · · Score: -1, Troll

    I could do without ym face being recognized as well.

    And I could do without German judges deciding how an American based social networking site should be run.

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