[governance] Another Immovable Legal Object Meeting An Irresistable Internet Force (this time it ain't Taipei...

[McTim]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend of mine on another list posted this which is from the Regulators
> in Germany, see https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/presse/<https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/presse/20110819-facebook-en.htm>
> 20110819-facebook-en.htm<https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/presse/20110819-facebook-en.htm>
>
> Apparently Facebook has till September 2011 to comply.
>


>From the link you sent: "Institutions must be aware that they cannot shift
their responsibility for data privacy upon the enterprise Facebook which
does not have an establishment in Germany and also not upon the users."


It's not that the DE authorities are taking on FB itself, they are currently
targeting websites that use the "Like" button.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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