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User ID: 1676485 United States 08/15/2012 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BREAKING NEWS - FACEBOOK must delete faces in Germany Facebook must delete bio-metric info unless given permission from all users. [ link to www.foxnews.com] German data protection official has called for Facebook to delete biometric profiles of people stored without their explicit consent. In short, he wants Facebook to delete users' faces from its databases. The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection said Wednesday that talks to bring Facebook's business practice in line with German and European privacy rules had failed. Johannes Caspar says he is now re-opening a stalled probe of the Menlo Park, California-based company "in order to find a legally sound solution with regard to the use of biometric data" that he says can be used to automatically identify individuals. He says "Facebook will be obliged to delete this data unless it obtains approval by all concerned users." Calls to Facebook representatives in London weren't immediately answered. Read more: [ link to www.foxnews.com] Last Edited by Hamburgerwagon on 08/15/2012 03:53 PM |
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User ID: 1676485 United States 08/15/2012 04:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS - FACEBOOK must delete faces in Germany |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4382839 Russia 08/15/2012 04:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS - FACEBOOK must delete faces in Germany Faces? Do they mean userpics or what? If so I don't get it. These "concerned" people uploaded pictures themselves. |
fromSouthCarolina
User ID: 18129323 United States 08/15/2012 05:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS - FACEBOOK must delete faces in Germany Last Edited by fromSouthCarolina on 08/15/2012 05:15 PMluke |
AtsuiPanda
User ID: 16510251 United States 08/15/2012 05:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS - FACEBOOK must delete faces in Germany Yayz, Kill FaceBook! :/sdfhasdfshasd/: Those who live by the sword die by the sword, those who don't live by the sword are subject to those who do. |