Facebook wins appeal against privacy watchdogs

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Sure many of you have seen this kind of post on your friends wall on Facebook, you may have even shared the post on your wall without understanding it's effects and implication properly. After reading the news below, you sure would gain more understanding on the privacy stand.

Facebook has won an appeal to overturn a ruling that would have stopped it from tracking non-members in Belgium when they visited the site's public pages. 

In November 2015 the Belgian Privacy Commission demanded that Facebook stop using its cookies to track Belgian users who weren’t signed up or logged into the social network on the grounds that it contravened European privacy laws. Facebook disputed the claims, stating that cookies were simply a way to distinguish legitimate users from malicious users by analysing browsing patterns. In spite of this, the privacy watchdog won its case and Facebook was ordered to stop tracking Belgian users or it would face fines of €250,000 per day.

Naturally, Facebook complied and announced that it had stopped tracking Belgian users. However, this week the Brussels Appeals Court has dismissed the case on the grounds that the Belgian Privacy Commission has no jurisdiction over Facebook as the company’s European headquarters is based in Dublin, Ireland. 

Culled from UK independent news