Facebook to Appeal Belgian Privacy Ruling
The battle over Facebook’s use of its datr cookie in Belgium has come to a head, with the company vowing to appeal a court ruling ordering it to stop tracking non-Facebook members in the country within 48 hours.
The battle over Facebook’s use of its datr cookie in Belgium has come to a head, with the company vowing to appeal a court ruling ordering it to stop tracking non-Facebook members in the country within 48 hours.
BBC News reported that if the social network does not comply with the order, it faces fines of up to 250,000 euros ($268,000) per day, with those funds going to the Belgian Privacy Commission.
The court said in a statement, as reported by BBC News:
The judge ruled that this is personal data, which Facebook can only use if the Internet user expressly gives their consent, as Belgian privacy law dictates.
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