French Gov't Gives Facebook 3 Months To Stop Tracking Non-User Browsers

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 9, 2016 @04:23PM from the non-non-non dept.

Reader iamthecheese writes RT reports that France's National Commission of Information and Freedoms found Facebook tracking of non-user browsers to be illegal. Facebook has three months to stop doing it. The ruling points to violations of members and non-members privacy in violation of an earlier ruling. The guidance, published last October, invalidates safe harbor provisions. If Facebook fails to comply the French authority will appoint someone to decide upon a sanction. Related: A copy of the TPP leaked last year no longer requires signing countries to have a safe harbor provision.

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Re:Works for me by EzInKy · 2016-02-09 17:36 · Score: 1, Redundant

Others who, like you, are okay with "acceptable ads" absolutely should be able to view them. My point is that people who download AdBlock Plus do so to block ads, so blocking all ads is the obvious default.

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