The organization believes that the platform violates European law on the protection of personal data and issues a series of recommendations.
The Belgian CNIL accusing Facebook of violating European law on the protection of personal data, notably through the use of social plugins. The offensive follows a study commissioned by the protection of privacy Commission (OPC) on The way Facebook handles personal data of its members as well as those citizens who do not use its platform. A study in the “puzzling” results which reveals that “Facebook handles secret data” and that “no consent is required for tracing and the use of cookies. No targeted information is provided. The information available is waves and authorize done almost everything, “said the OPC.
Is particularly pointed, social plugin Facebook, the famous” Like “that allows the platform to collect data social, even if the user does not interact with this button and even if it was not registered with the social network. “It therefore concerns practically all internet users in Belgium and Europe” insists the OPC. An unfortunate use of its plug-in that Facebook had put down a bug, as explained by one of its representatives in a blog note.
The recommendation of the OPC is aimed at three target groups: Facebook of course, but also publisher sites that use social plug-in and the surfers. The OPC asks publishers to use a tool called “ Social share privacy” which allows to obtain the consent of the visitor about the data collection via the plug-in. It is also intended for users who want to protect themselves from this intrusion by recommending the use browser extensions to block such a thing.
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