Germany Issues Privacy Ultimatum To Facebook

Not long after Germany reopened its investigation into Facebook's facial-recognition technology, a German consumer group sent the social network a cease-and-desist letter. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations is ordering Facebook to quit giving third-party applications users' data without their consent. If the social network doesn't do this by Sept. 4, the Germans plan to sue.

Not long after Germany reopened its investigation into Facebook’s facial-recognition technology, a German consumer group sent the social network a cease-and-desist letter. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations is ordering Facebook to quit giving third-party applications users’ data without their consent. If the social network doesn’t do this by Sept. 4, the Germans plan to sue.

According to an AP report, the federation believes Facebook is in direct violation of the country’s privacy laws. The group has given the social network until Sept.

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