This court ruling may have some implications not only for social network Facebook but also others like Google, although experts are still busy studying & understanding it. A European court has ruled that the administrator of a fan page on FB is “jointly responsible” along with the social network for the processing of the data of visitors to the page.
The court has placed the reponsbility of both parties, but with a small though important cavet – the court also emphasized that “the existence of joint responsibility does not necessarily imply equal responsibility of the various operators involved in the processing of personal data”.
Facebook fan page operator has privacy responsibilities: EU court – Reuters
http://news.google.com Jun 5, 2018
The Luxembourg-based court also reaffirmed an opinion given by a legal adviser in October which said the German data protection authority had the power to take action agai …
Facebook fan page operator has privacy responsibilities: EU court … – Business Insider
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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The operator of a fan page on Facebook is also responsible for protecting visitors’ personal data and cannot hide behind the s …
Europe’s top court has just blown a big hole in Facebook’s fan-page … – ZDNet
http://news.google.com Jun 5, 2018
New CJEU ruling in Facebook case could have “far-reaching effects” for GDPR contracts.EU Court Says Blame Is Shared for Facebook Privacy GaffesCourthouse News ServiceIf …
Some privacy controversies FB finds itself in of late
Facebook gave data access to Chinese firm flagged by US intelligence – CNBC
http://news.google.com Jun 5, 2018
Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including a manufacturing giant that has a close relationship with China’s government …
Washington sues Facebook and Google over failure to disclose political ad spending – TechCrunch
http://news.google.com Jun 5, 2018
Facebook and Google were paid millions for political advertising purposes in Washington but failed for years to publish related information — such a …
