Title: Facebook admits it tracks non-users,
but denies claims it breaches EU privacy law
Summary:
This article is about how Facebook has
recently admitted that it tracked its users who do not have an account with the
social network, but they have stated that the tracking only happened because of
a bug that is now being fixed. The
social network hit out at the report commissioned by the Belgian data
protection authority, which found Facebook in breach of European data
privacy laws, saying that the report“gets it wrong multiple times in
asserting how Facebook uses information”.
Facts/Phrases:
Ø “Facebook
does receive standard ‘web impressions’, or website visit information, when
people visit sites with our plugins or other integrations.
Ø Facebook
is under increasing pressure outside of Ireland, where the company is
headquartered and regulated by the Irish data protection authority. A task
force of data regulators from Belgium, France, Spain and Italy has been set up
to look at Facebook’s privacy practices, while the Flemish, Dutch and European
parliaments have also called for closer looks at the company.
Opinion:
In my opinion, this article shows
how privacy is a major issue online, especially in terms of losing information to
advertisers of users of Facebook, that non Facebook users are also at risk.
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