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Belgian Privacy Watchdog Sues Facebook
An anonymous reader writes: Belgium is taking Facebook to task – and to court – about the company's opaque user-monitoring frameworks. The country's independent Privacy Commission, which is partnered with equivalent institutions in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Spain, failed to obtain information from the social media giant about the extent and nature of its user-analysis network, and has now decided to take action. The commission is particularly interested in the use that Facebook makes of information about users who are not logged in to Facebook, and may not even be members. The ubiquity of Facebook "share" buttons, along with other popular widgets or modules, have extended the company's reach far beyond its own site. The court convenes on the matter this Thursday.
I use it daily to connect with friends and family and to share the things I care about. Facebook respects user privacy and allows YOU control over how your information is used. Over one billion users agree with me. Facebook makes our lives better.
$ ping www.facebook.com
ping: unknown host www.facebook.com
I think people in Europe are not as blinkered and easily duped as the USAians or others. FB is very invasive and not welcome, it is part of the problem and not part of the solution (on privacy and digital rights).
"Hi, Facebook! Belgium here... we'd like to have ubiquity in surveilling our own citizens, like you have, but we're too stupid to build it ourselves, so we'd like a copy of your blueprints, KPLZTHX!"
EU > USA.
Lol. The EU destroyed their good relations with Russia over Ukraine, obeying the US without questions. The economic damage is crippling the EU, destroying jobs left and right. The EU stopped hundreds of flights on the orders of the US when Snowden was suspected to be on one of those. Now the EU will sign a trade treaty with the US which will guarantee they'll be in thrall of the US forever. So much for you being "bigger", eurosluts. Obama made Europe our bitch. Now bend over and spread your ass wide.
true.
Yeah, where's Neville Chamberlain when you really need him?
Oh yes, the Privacy Commission. A bunch of leftist (ACV/ABVV/FGTB/...) overpaid public-teat-sucking civil "servants" who find themselves all important while defending vandals, thiefs and rapists caught on camera.
As with all government agencies their optimization goal is petty power, not usefulness to society.
All advertising companies do this. They profile you without you ever registering. Why not go after that as well?
Of course, us tech-savvy people have used adblock/ublock/ghostery to "opt-out" of the tracking. There are other blocklists that specifically block facebook/twitter buttons to stop the tracking. If you then use a separate browser for those few times you need Facebook, they won't be able to track a lot.
I heard it on the radio while in a car, so no source.
Facebook said it anted to work with the police toi find a solution.
My questions: why work with the police? They are not the ones who have a problem with it. They are not the people who have a solution for you. To me it is clear Facebook does not have a clue or is trying US tactics.
There is a 'gerechtelijke politie', but they do investigations. They are not people who look for solutions. They are the ones take assets if the law requires to do so.
This is basically an open and shut case. Even even easier than a person running a trafic light on camera.
The other thing is: there is an easy solution: STOP DOING IT.
If you can't follow the rules, fuck off.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
I though everyone knew that there was no privacy for Facebook.