Facebook tracks logged-out users in ‘violation’ of EU law, Belgian Privacy Commission says

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by Sindy Cator on March 31, 2015 at 11:20 am

A study commissioned by the Belgian Privacy Commission has found that Facebook is tracking all users of its social networking site, even if they’ve opted out of tracking. The research also found that logged out users, and people who don’t have an account at all, were having their Web movements tracked by Facebook through its use of social plugins, primarily the ‘Like’ button. Under EU law, any website must get the user’s permission before placing any cookies on their computer. Among other practices, it’s the automatic placement of tracking cookies that interact with its social plugins found on millions of different websites,…