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Facebook taken to court by Belgian privacy watchdog

Posted on June 19, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Facebook can’t claim it wasn’t warned as back in May, the Belgian privacy commissioner was making noises about taking Facebook to court. The BBC reports that it’s now gone to the next level:

Facebook is being taken to court by the Belgian privacy commissioner over claims it tracks people across the web.

The country’s Privacy Protection Commission (CPP) also accused Facebook of tracking the browsing habits of non-users, as well as its own members.

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See also coverage in WSJ and The Guardian.

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