Facebook again pinned? According to Belgian researchers, the social network would follow the traces of all Internet users on the web, even those who do not have accounts on the site. Thanks to cookies, which keep user data to facilitate browsing the web, the US firm would bring together all the activities of Internet users every time that there is a Facebook button on the site visited. A convenient if true would violate the privacy laws applied in the European Union
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These little Facebook buttons, which can be used to share an article, for example quickly on the social network, are present on more than 13 million websites worldwide, including government sites. The social network boasts 1.3 billion users, but millions of people use the internet every day. Researchers from the University of Leuven ensure that the American company installs cookies screening to be able to target these users with advertising.
Now, according to European legislation this practice is completely illegal. Before installing a cookie, the social network should seek the consent of the user. Bad for a non-Facebook user, except read all the privacy policy of the website, the information in this collection of information is not communicated. According to a spokesman for Facebook, “the report contains factual inaccuracies.” And regrets that the perpetrators are never contacted the company
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