German Court Rules Against Facebook In Privacy Case
A German court ruled in favor of of a consumer watchdog group and against Facebook, saying the social network's friend finder violates European privacy laws.
A German court ruled that Facebook’s friend finder violates European privacy laws.
Friend finder encourages users to import the names and e-mail addresses of friends who have not even joined Facebook.
Gerd Billen, chairman of the consumer organization known as Verbraucherzentrale Bundesver (VZBV) that won in this ruling called it a “milestone” for forcing Facebook and others to “respect data-protection rules in Europe,” according to a report by ZDNet.
The court said that at the time VZBW initiated the complaint Facebook’s terms and conditions don’t disclose to users that the e-mail addresses imported through friend finder will be used to contact others.
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