German Officials Say 'Nein' To Facebook's Like Button
German authorities are unliking Facebook's fan pages over privacy concerns.
German authorities are unliking Facebook’s fan pages over privacy concerns.
The Data Protection Commissioner in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, Thilo Weichert, shut down Facebook fan pages and urged the removal of like buttons from websites, saying they lead to profiling and thus violate privacy stipulations in both European and German law, according to the Associated Press.
Specifically, Weichert is concerned that anyone who visits Facebook or uses a plug-in can be tracked by the company for two years.
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