Belgium takes Facebook to court over privacy breaches and user tracking
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#BANT)
Belgian privacy commission launches lawsuit after warning over alleged privacy law breaches over tracking of users and non-users for ads
The Belgian privacy commission is taking Facebook to court for its alleged "trampling" over Belgian and European privacy law.
The lawsuit will be heard in a Brussels court on Thursday after a report and an opinion published by the Belgian privacy watchdog that detailed Facebook's alleged breaches of European privacy law, including the tracking of non-users and logged out users for advertising purposes.
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