Facebook ordered to stop collecting user data by Belgian court
(The Guardian Belgium)

Social network instructed to delete illegally collected data or face EUR100m in fines after it loses case over consent and tracking Facebook has been ordered by a Belgian court to stop collecting data on users or face daily fines of EUR250,000 a day, or up to EUR100m.The court ruled on Friday that Facebook had broken privacy laws by tracking people on third-party sites in the latest salvo in a long-running battle between the Belgian commission for the protection of privacy (CPP) and the social network. Continue reading...