German competition watchdog demands more control for Facebook users

German competition watchdog demands more control for Facebook users

5 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2019-02-german-antitrust-authorities-restrict-facebook.html

"In future, Facebook will no longer be allowed to force its users to agree to the practically unrestricted collection and assigning of non-Facebook data to their Facebook user accounts," FCO chief Andreas Mundt said in a statement.

"If users do not consent, Facebook may not exclude them from its services and must refrain from collecting and merging data from different sources."