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Released: July 08, 2010
Facebook challenged on data it keeps on non-users
Source: Jessica Guynn, L.A.Times
A German data protection official is challenging how Facebook Inc. handles data from people who have not signed up for its service without their explicit permission in yet another clash between a major Silicon Valley company and Germany’s strict data protection and privacy laws.
Johannes Caspar, who runs data protection in Hamburg, said he had received complaints about Facebook’s invitation system, which lets users import contacts from their address books to see whether they are members of Facebook or to invite them to join. Caspar accused Facebook of keeping information about people who do not belong to the social networking site without their permission and in violation of Germany’s data protection laws.
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