Facebook Facebook personal data use and privacy settings ruled illegal by German court Firm to appeal decision by Berlin regional court which upholds complaints that users not given informed consent The court found that Facebook collects and uses personal data without providing enough information to its members for them to render meaningful consent. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty ImagesFacebook’s default privacy settings and use of personal data are against German consumer law, according to a judgement handed down by a Berlin regional court. The court found that Facebook collects and uses personal data without providing enough information to its members for them to render meaningful consent. “In the privacy settings, ticks were already placed in boxes that allowed search engines to link to the user’s timeline. Show Hide The European Union's new stronger, unified data protection laws, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will come into force on 25 May 2018, after more than six years in the making.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2018 15:22 UTC