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« Reply #100 on: January 15, 2016, 05:41:45 am »


German high court rules Facebook 'Friend Finder' is unlawful


ReutersJanuary 15, 2016, 5:58 am





FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's highest court has declared unlawful a feature that encourages Facebook users to market the social media network to their contacts, confirming the rulings of two lower courts.



A panel of the Federal Court of Justice ruled that Facebook's "friend finder" promotional feature constituted advertising harassment in a case that was filed in 2010 by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV).



The Facebook feature invites users to grant it permission to vacuum up the e-mail addresses of friends or contacts in the user's address book, which in turn allows the social network to send an invitation to non-Facebook users to join the service.



The court concluded this was a deceptive marketing practice, confirming decisions by two lower courts in Berlin in 2012 and 2014, which had found that Facebook had violated German laws on data protection and unfair trade practices.



The federal court also said Facebook had not adequately informed members about how it was using their contacts' data.



In a statement, a spokeswoman for Facebook in Germany said it was waiting to receive the formal decision and would study the findings "to assess any impact on our services".



(Reporting by Harro ten Wolde; Editing by Eric Auchard)
Reuters

https://nz.news.yahoo.com/technology/a/30576889/german-high-court-rules-facebook-friend-finder-is-unlawful/





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