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Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces up to EUR 100 mln fine
2018-02-16 16:03:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) A judge in Brussels has told Facebook to destroy all unlawfully obtained personal data in Belgium, saying the social network failed to provide sufficient information to people about how it collects and stores data. The judgment came in favour of the Belgian Privacy Commission, which has been pursuing the company for several years over unauthorised tracking of both Facebook users and others through cookies.
Facebook faces USD 1 bln lawsuit about Palestinian attacks
2016-07-12 09:26:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Israeli and American families of victims of Palestinian attacks filed a USD 1 billion lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the social network is providing a platform for militants to spread incitement and violence, their lawyers said, as reported by the Associated Press. The Shurat Hadin group says Facebook violates the US Anti-Terrorism Act by giving militant groups such as Hamas a platform for spreading violence. Hamas called the lawsuit an Israeli attempt to blackmail Facebook.
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Facebook Faces Daily $269K Fine Over User Tracking
2015-11-11 06:02:35| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Facebook has less than 48 hours to stop tracking non-member users in Belgium, or pay a daily fine of €250,000.
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Eurobites: Facebook Faces Privacy Class Action
2015-04-09 15:35:07| Appliances - Topix.net
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson, Telefonica optimize LTE for smart meters; Deutsche Telekom's M2M router demo; Thomson's box of Ultra HD encoding tricks. Facebook 's European headquarters in Dublin is on the receiving end of a class action from around 25,000 users that alleges that the social networking giant has violated European privacy laws, reports the BBC .
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Facebook faces privacy class action
2015-04-09 05:20:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A class action suit against Facebook, brought by 25,000 users who allege violations of European privacy laws, is due to begin in a court in Austria later.
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