Germany Takes Legal Steps Against Facebook 138
crimeandpunishment writes "Not only are Germany and Facebook not friends, they might end up opponents in a courtroom. Germany has begun legal action over privacy. A German data protection official accuses Facebook of illegally saving personal data of people who don't use the site and haven't given permission to access their private information. Germany, which has also launched an investigation into Google over its Street View mapping program, has some of the strictest privacy laws in the world."
strictest data privacy law (Score:4, Funny)
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and the Chaos Computer Club - and now also the Pirate Party.
and a constitutional court rejecting data-storage laws.
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if you are not paranoid these days - then you are insane!
Re: Prosecuting each and every... (Score:3, Funny)
PseudoQuote: "Unfortunately, the RIAA's Allies were not reasonable enough to turn a blind eye to all the small fish and tried to prosecute each and every copyright infringer, despite being out of proportion. It was a goal to get everyone."
(Can I claim the copyright on Reverse-Godwin, the art of taking threads about Nazis and steering them into MAFIAA discussions?)
Re:Only if they stop (Score:2, Funny)
What is to stop a German who wants to use FB from using OpenDNS?
We're talking about someone who wants to use FB. How would they ever figure out how to use OpenDNS?