Update - May 6, 2016: The militant European who brought the case against Facebook (detailed below) is reportedly starting a new monitoring group for data protection. You can read more in this article CSM
Original text :. Facebook and Europe have disagreed on various issues related to online privacy in the past, and this week, the disagreement occurs in Belgium.
As reported by TechCrunch, Facebook could face a fine of more than $ 250K (USD) per day because of their use of cookies to track non-Facebook users in Belgium. A case was brought forward by the Belgian Data Protection Agency (DPA) regarding "how Facebook deploys tracking cookies and social plug-ins on third party sites to track Internet activity users and non-users of Facebook. "
The DPA said Facebook has not responded adequately to questions about how it collects and tracks non-Facebook users who visit our site. Accordingly, Belgium decided Facebook can "no longer collect and store information online Belgian residents who do not have Facebook accounts."
Neither surprise, Facebook plans to appeal that decision. it claims its tracking cookies are security mechanisms for users, but it did not explain how.
the decision in Belgium comes in the wake of another historic decision in Europe Facebook . last month, the European Court of justice (the highest EU court) ruled against the Safe Harbor. This decision invalidated an existing agreement between the United States and the European Union that enabled companies move "digital information" between the two locations Tech giants. - like Facebook -. a greatly benefited from the Safe Harbor
Facebook has also been in the news earlier this week when he announced that it is new facial recognition feature. However, there was much question if Europe will allow the function ,. They previously rejected facial recognition software in 2011, and when they finally made the implementation of the technology in 2014 made a limited way.
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