KRS Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 A court in Belgium has ordered the social media giant Facebook to stop tracking people around the web who are not users of the service. The court has ruled that the data was gathered illegally and that it must all be destroyed. If Facebook fails to comply with the court ruling, it must pay a fine of €250,000 ($311,000 USD) per day up to €100m ($124m USD). Belgium’s privacy watchdog had argued to the court that Facebook had broken privacy laws by using trackers such as cookies and 'Like' buttons on third-party websites. The court essentially agreed with the argument and said the company must stop following and recording internet use by people surfing in Belgium, until it complies with Belgian privacy laws. Belgium’s privacy watchdog was pleased with the result, saying: “Facebook has just launched a large campaign where they stress the importance of privacy. We hope they will now make this a reality.” Facebook’s Richard Allan, the vice president of public police for Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “We are disappointed in today’s judgement and intend to appeal. In recent years we have worked hard to help people understand how we use cookies to show relevant content and to secure Facebook. We have put together teams of people that focus on the protection of privacy – from engineers to designers. And we have developed tools that give people choices and control.” Anouk Devenys, the judge at the court, said: “The court comes to the conclusion that Facebook does not inform us enough about the fact that it collects information about us. [There is too] much uncertainty about the nature of the information it collects, what happens to that information and how long the company stores that information.” Facebook rightly pointed out that cookies and pixels used to track web users are industry practice. Most advertisers like to track people around the web to find out more about their interests so that they can target ads. Entities such as Mozilla and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have been campaigning for more privacy over the last few years with Firefox coming with optional tracking protection and the EFF developing the Privacy Badger add-on to stop trackers in their path. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 17, 2018 Administrator Share Posted February 17, 2018 Topic moved to Security and Privacy News. Was posted in Software News by mistake I think. Not so long ago, India's SC announced right to privacy as a fundamental right, I wonder if such would happen here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I hope more countries follow Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archanus Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 5 hours ago, pc71520 said: I hope more countries follow Belgium. Totally agree with you, I hope that with all my heart ... We can't stay in peace, because THEY (The Illuminati) spy us ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejZoR Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Quote We are disappointed in today’s judgement and intend to appeal. Why the fuck are you disappointed Facebook? What gives you the right to track NON Facebook users? It's this cancerous behavior why I urge people to dump Facebook and block everything about it. They are like this parasite that wants to spread at any cost and harvest everything about our lives. I hope EU will demand this on an union level for all member countries. Such behavior is unacceptable and should be banned. They have no right or use to track those who don't use their stupid social network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbingStorm Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 For a good insight on facebook check this out.....https://meanjin.com.au/essays/the-last-days-of-reality/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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