That is a judge in Brussels Monday determined, the Belgian channel reported VRT . Facebook has announced that it will appeal.
If Facebook does not stop with checking and storing surfing behavior of non-members, the company needs per day 250 000 euro fine paid to the Belgian Privacy Commission.
This committee had the preliminary injunction against the social networking site, because the company would not comply with the Belgian Privacy Act. The judge asked the commission in the same.
Cookies
Facebook uses cookies to keep track of when an internet user comes on a Facebook page. Those cookies were two years of existence.
Every time an internet user visited a Facebook page, Facebook read the cookies.
couldThe cookies kept not only the behavior of Facebook users in but also from people who sometimes visited a Facebook page. This may, according to the judge, because they never asked for permission.
Appeal
According to Facebook, the cookie is required to keep safe the social networking site. “We use the cookie over five years to keep Facebook safe for 1.5 billion people worldwide,” said a spokesman.
“We will appeal against this decision and are working on possible malfunctions for restricting access to Facebook in Belgium to a minimum “
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