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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Belgium Privacy Commission sues Facebook for user tracking

Belgium Privacy Commission sues Facebook for user tracking
By Steven Wildberger on Jun 16, 2015 12:18 pm
[JURIST] The Belgian Privacy Commission [official website] announced Monday that it is suing Facebook [corporate website] for alleged violations of Belgian and European privacy laws [materials]. In May, the commission issued Facebook a set of recommendations [text, PDF] urging the social media site to stop tracking users. Making the announcement, commission president Willem Debeuckelaere [ICA profile] said [DeMorgen report, in Dutch] "we cannot continue to negotiate through other means.... We want a judge to impose our recommendations. These recommendations are...   +read more

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