Belgian court gives Facebook two-day ultimatum to stop tracking those who aren't logged in

10 November, 2015
Facebook has been given a 2 day ultimatum by a Belgian court to cease its practice of tracking users who aren't logged into or don't have an account with the social networking website, failing which the company will have to pay of fine of €250,000 per day.

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  • Anonymous
  • LaJ
  • 17 Nov 2015

"security"

yeah right...

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    • Aries
    • MVg
    • 11 Nov 2015

    This is a simple case of personal liberty regarding tracking and misuse of information by a multinational company. The old saying that "if you are receiving something for free it is more than likely you are not the customer but merely the product"
    never has this been more apt when considering the revenue derived from loyal facebook users personal data regarding buying patterns and interests as well as on site basic click advertising and "freemium" games available.
    The offline tracking is far beyond the level of acceptable associated with what was considered "normal invasion of privacy" by a social app.

      Umbilical Noose, 10 Nov 2015People in 3rd world countries don't understand the meaning ... moreWow U know nothing lol, the people who use interternet and can use english properly are the same as people from your so called 1st world... The reason why poor countries are underdeveloped is that the ratio of uneducated and poor people is higher than educated people.. If we say we have nothing to hide it doesn't mean we are ignorant or we dont know any thing..

        Anonymous, 10 Nov 2015'3rd world 3rd world'.. keep saying that. Its closer....True that

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          • AnonD-5197
          • QDj
          • 10 Nov 2015

          AnonD-151028, 10 Nov 2015I cannot believe that some people play the "Do you have any... moreI'm a reasonable person, and I don't give an F about government tracking me at all. "I got nothing to hide" is not the gimmick. "Privacy protection" is the gimmick. They will track you down with or without Facebook or Google if they want to.

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            • Gibby
            • Ixj
            • 10 Nov 2015

            I don't use Fakebook - but they, and Google, and anyone else are welcome to track me all they want. I have nothing to hide. As long as they protect me from people blowing me up in my sleep or flying planes in to buildings I'm fine with it.
            All these scaremongering comments about them taking away your privacy. NSA & CIA are not interested in 99% of the mundane garbage most people post. As for Google and Fakebook - they just track your search activity for more direct marketing promotions. It's how they generate the income to provide you with their services which you decide to agree to use every day. If you don't want to be any part of it you have a simple choice - don't use them.

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              • Anonymous
              • KZ8
              • 10 Nov 2015

              Umbilical Noose, 10 Nov 2015People in 3rd world countries don't understand the meaning ... more'3rd world 3rd world'.. keep saying that. Its closer....

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                • AnonD-235846
                • n74
                • 10 Nov 2015

                I already made sure that they can't use my device in any way. The wonderful things about Marshmallow. I live in Belgium, I hope it gets through. I only use FB as a newsfeed anyway. I try to upload as little as possible knowing they can use it any way they want.

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                  • AnonD-326233
                  • 0T8
                  • 10 Nov 2015

                  +1000 I cannot believe that some people play the "Do you have anything to hide" gimmick. I do not want to be tracked, it is something that should be private and a reasonable person always will feel bad about this.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 3aK
                    • 10 Nov 2015

                    AnonD-151028, 10 Nov 2015I cannot believe that some people play the "Do you have any... moreIt's such a horrible way of looking at things. What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Why do authorities feel they have to snoop through my personal life if I'm not disturbing the peace or causing offence or harm? It's getting beyond Orwellian...

                      AnonD-151028, 10 Nov 2015I cannot believe that some people play the "Do you have any... morePeople in 3rd world countries don't understand the meaning of personal space. Their priorities are different than us most of the times.

                      This sometimes also apply to people of developed world. Apart from that people with insignificant lives can't really see the purpose of safety and security.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • X}8
                        • 10 Nov 2015

                        zuckerberg is the biggest devil on the planet.
                        wolf in sheep clothing.

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                          • AnonD-151028
                          • 3RU
                          • 10 Nov 2015

                          I cannot believe that some people play the "Do you have anything to hide" gimmick. I do not want to be tracked, it is something that should be private and a reasonable person always will feel bad about this.

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                            • kiris
                            • Sa%
                            • 10 Nov 2015

                            why are you worrying people? are you that important so fcbk will spy on you?
                            if they want i can give them my bank account too...

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                              • LLL
                              • tDx
                              • 10 Nov 2015

                              Akinaro, 10 Nov 2015For ""security"" reasons... Lol they... moreFor securing data. They mean it =/

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                                • What_the_firetruck
                                • vGc
                                • 10 Nov 2015

                                AnonD-426540, 10 Nov 2015other countries? please! i keep get adds on things that i w... moreSooo trueeee. Also applies to YouTube browsing pattern and even the google search.

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                                  • AnonD-426540
                                  • RJ2
                                  • 10 Nov 2015

                                  other countries? please! i keep get adds on things that i wassap to my family!

                                    For ""security"" reasons...

                                    Lol they really think we believe this?