Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Facebook acted like the US’s National Security Agency, spying without authority on European users, lawyers representing the Belgian data protection authority said on Monday. In opening arguments in a closely watched case being brought against the social network company, Frederic Debussere, representing the Belgian privacy commission (BPC), referred to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelationsabout surreptitious mass surveillance by the spy agency. “When it became known that the NSA was spying on people all around the world, everybody was upset. This actor [Facebook] is doing the very same thing, albeit in a different way,” he said. The BPC brought a lawsuit against Facebook after accusing it of “trampling” over Belgian and European privacy law. In a report and an opinion the BPC detailed Facebook’s alleged breaches, including the tracking of non-users and logged-out Facebook users for advertising purposes. The BPC is threatening Facebook with fine of €250,000 ($280,213) a day for failing to respond to its demands. Cookie use in dispute Facebook has repeatedly denied the claims, saying that the data and conclusions in the BPC’s Facebook privacy report are false. A Facebook spokesperson said: “We will show the court how this technology protects people from spam, malware, and other attacks, […]
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