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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
Germany's data protection commissioner has asked government organisations in the country to shut down their Facebook pages adding that the social network had failed to change its practices to comply with German and European privacy laws
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Facebook Dealt Setback by EU Court Adviser in Privacy Dispute
The case stems from a dispute about a German fan page on Facebook which collected data on visitors to that page by storing a cookie on their hard drive.
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Facebook Says Will Appeal German Order to Delete WhatsApp User Data
"We will appeal this order and we will work with the Hamburg DPA in an effort to address their questions and resolve any concerns."
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Facebook Ordered to Delete WhatsApp User Data by German Regulator
The regulator said Facebook was infringing data protection law and had not obtained effective approval from WhatsApp's 35 million users in Germany.
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German Court Rules Against Use of Facebook 'Like' Button
Germany is one of the world's strictest enforcers of data protection laws and its citizens have a high sensibility to privacy issues.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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German privacy watchdog loses Facebook appeal
German privacy laws don't apply to Facebook because the social networking site has its European headquarters in Ireland.
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Facebook wins German court fight on fake names ban
German privacy laws weren't applicable because Facebook has its European headquarters in Ireland which has less far-reaching rules.
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Facebook rejects German demand to allow fake names
Facebook says it won't comply with a German privacy watchdog's demand to let users register with fake names.
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Germany plans limits on Facebook use in hiring
As part of the draft of a law governing workplace privacy, the German government on Wednesday proposed placing restrictions on employers who want to use Facebook profiles when recruiting.The bill would allow managers to search for publicly accessible information about...
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
Germany's data protection commissioner has asked government organisations in the country to shut down their Facebook pages adding that the social network had failed to change its practices to comply with German and European privacy laws
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Facebook Dealt Setback by EU Court Adviser in Privacy Dispute
The case stems from a dispute about a German fan page on Facebook which collected data on visitors to that page by storing a cookie on their hard drive.
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Facebook Says Will Appeal German Order to Delete WhatsApp User Data
"We will appeal this order and we will work with the Hamburg DPA in an effort to address their questions and resolve any concerns."
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Facebook Ordered to Delete WhatsApp User Data by German Regulator
The regulator said Facebook was infringing data protection law and had not obtained effective approval from WhatsApp's 35 million users in Germany.
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German Court Rules Against Use of Facebook 'Like' Button
Germany is one of the world's strictest enforcers of data protection laws and its citizens have a high sensibility to privacy issues.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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German privacy watchdog loses Facebook appeal
German privacy laws don't apply to Facebook because the social networking site has its European headquarters in Ireland.
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Facebook wins German court fight on fake names ban
German privacy laws weren't applicable because Facebook has its European headquarters in Ireland which has less far-reaching rules.
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Facebook rejects German demand to allow fake names
Facebook says it won't comply with a German privacy watchdog's demand to let users register with fake names.
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Germany plans limits on Facebook use in hiring
As part of the draft of a law governing workplace privacy, the German government on Wednesday proposed placing restrictions on employers who want to use Facebook profiles when recruiting.The bill would allow managers to search for publicly accessible information about...
