According to Belgian scientists from the Universities of Leuven and Brussels Facebook tracks users’ computers, regardless of whether they are logged on the site or not, and even if you do not have an account there. The report was made to the needs of the Belgian Commission for. Data Protection (DPA – data protection agency).
Everything is based on a simple mechanism. First of all, this applies to the use of the FB their plug-ins like. “Like” dotted millions of sites on the Web. You do not need not even click. Another way is cookies. Even after you log out from the site, the user’s browser left are appropriate “cookies” to help you keep track of Internet users.
But that’s not all. Belgian researchers say that even after deactivating your account, cookies are still operating, which does not bother FB inwigilowaniu its users. I never expected to participate FB account? It does not change anything. Just that you go to a page with plug FB or event on the site, and a cookie will be planted.
Purpose of Facebook is one – profiling in order to most effectively use the advertising content. Belgians wonder, however, whether these practices are lawful. Privacy Protection in European law clearly and specifically defined pilików use cookies – you have to disagree, or otherwise leave the site.
Cookies – without them, your browser does not pamiętałaby our preferences, or the last place we visited on the site. For the same reason we visited several page serwowałaby us over and over again the same ads. But thanks to it you can spy on our movements on the internet – the same cookies violate our privacy.
The European Commission has adopted the principle that we must be about the issues and informed action cookies. Since obtaining information on cookies each of our decisions (and the lack thereof in the form of no change default browser settings to allow cookies processing) is an expression of a conscious act of will.
The opt-out option has allowed Internet users in Europe feel safer. Many companies cookie identifiers removed, so that lack of consent to cookies do not cause further spy on you. Facebook does not do that. Thus, the report notes that the site infringes European law. According to the authors FB can not recognize that the lack of response on the user side is automatic consent for tracking via cookies. “FB really do not have any legal basis to justify their practices,” – says the theguardian.com.
The report addressed the spokesman FB – This report contains a number of factual inaccuracies. The authors never contacted us. We sent our proposals to the DPA.
ed. T.J
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