Belgian court orders Facebook to stop tracking non-members

Judge threatens social network with fines of a250,000 a day over 'datr' cookie, which records visits to many websites whether or not user has Facebook account

A Belgian court on Monday gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking internet users who do not have accounts with the social network or risk fines of up to a250,000 a day.

Facebook said it would appeal against the order, which followed a case lodged by Belgium's privacy watchdog in June saying the US company indiscriminately tracks internet users when they visit pages on the site or click "like" or "share", even if they are not members.