“Facebook
is spying on people in 'the very same way' that the US’s National
Security Agency (NSA) does, said the Belgian data protection watchdog
at a court hearing where the social network stands accused of
violating the privacy of internet users.”
“The
Belgian watchdog has filed a lawsuit against the social network,
accusing it of breaching EU law and violating the privacy rights of
internet users. The BPC [Belgian privacy commission] issued a report
in March, arguing that Facebook tracked everyone, even users who had
logged-out and people who don’t even have a Facebook account at
all, via the use of cookies and the ‘like’ or ‘share’ buttons
which can be found on more than 13 million websites worldwide.”
“This
is possible, the report claimed, because the cookies are
automatically installed on the computers of internet users each time
they visit a page containing a Facebook plug-in, such as the ‘like’
button. According to EU law, websites must ask for a user’s
permission before installing any cookies. This is why Facebook’s
policy is considered to in 'violation of the European law' by the
BPC.”
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