German tap fingers Facbeook
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January 15, 2016 16:07
The service does require permission, before it goes through the address book of the smartphone user, but that is according to the German federal court has not yet legal.
The case originally came to court in 2010 and was brought by the Federation of German Consumers' Organisation (VZVB). Even when it was considered that the function are not supposed to be used in Germany at all. Also appealed lost Facebook, after the case to the German Supreme Court.
And there delft social networking worst. Besides the fact that users' personal information is uploaded, the function sets the company is also able to email people who are not on Facebook with an invitation to register.
Facebook has indicated it will examine the ruling to assess its impact on the service.
- Facebook in Germany for the third time the judge got a slap on the wrist about its Friend Finder service. This social network is looking into the contact list of the user to see whether he knows people who also use Facebook.
The service does require permission, before it goes through the address book of the smartphone user, but that is according to the German federal court has not yet legal.
The case originally came to court in 2010 and was brought by the Federation of German Consumers' Organisation (VZVB). Even when it was considered that the function are not supposed to be used in Germany at all. Also appealed lost Facebook, after the case to the German Supreme Court.
And there delft social networking worst. Besides the fact that users' personal information is uploaded, the function sets the company is also able to email people who are not on Facebook with an invitation to register.
Facebook has indicated it will examine the ruling to assess its impact on the service.
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