Belgium wins trial against Facebook for violating privacy laws

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Belgium wins trial against Facebook for violating privacy laws

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The court in Brussels has condemned Facebook for not complying with the privacy law. If the Internet giant does not immediately stop following the illegal behavior of internet users from our country and does not destroy illegally obtained personal data, it must pay a penalty of 250,000 euros per day. Facebook appeals.

The Privacy Commission in our country says that Facebook illegally monitors our surfing behavior. And so last year a lawsuit was filed against Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland Ltd and Facebook Belgium bvba. Today came the Brussels Court of First Instance with an opinion: Facebook does not respect the Belgian privacy law. The judge thus followed the full reasoning of the Privacy Commission.

He says that Facebook collects personal data on a massive scale, but does not comply with legal requirements. The company also does not inform which private data it collects from its surfers and for which they actually use it. Or how long that information is stored exactly.

The judge has therefore decided that Facebook should stop tracking and registering the internet use of people who surf from us for as long as it does not bring its policy in accordance with the Belgian privacy law. The social media network must also destroy all unlawfully obtained personal data as quickly as possible.

If Facebook does not, it must pay a penalty of 250,000 euros per day of delay, with a maximum of 100 million euros. Facebook also has to publish the complete verdict - 84 pages long - on its website. The ordered measures will also appear in the paper newspapers in our country.

Source and more: https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/belgie-wint-rechtszaak-tegen-facebook-omdat-het-privacy-niet-respecteert~a81e5c64
 
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