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Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces fine of up to $125 million
A Belgian court threatened Facebook on Friday with a fine of up to 100 million euros ($125 million) if it continued to break privacy laws by tracking people on third-party websites.
In a case brought by Belgium's privacy watchdog, the court also ruled that Facebook had to delete all data it had gathered illegally on Belgian citizens, including people who were not Facebook users themselves.
Facebook, which will be fined 250,000 euros a day or up to 100 million euros if it does not comply with the court's judgment, said in a statement it would appeal the ruling.
Also at The Guardian.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Freeman on Monday February 19 2018, @04:37PM
I eventually broke down and created a facebook account. I pretty much never use it, but I have one. I was against facebook, because I'm a private person. Then, I noted that my name was tagged on so many photos that all of my privacy concerns were already trampled over by a herd of stampeding elephants. So, now I use it upon the rare occasion that I might have something interesting to share with all my "friends". More like acquaintances who could be friends, but that's just semantics.
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