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We talked a few times in the past about silly German laws that severely restrict the online offer, but this may be the most ridiculous of all. Apparently, a German "data protection" official noted that "like" button on Facebook violates privacy laws in the country.

Thilo Weichert
, who works for the protection of data center of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, said the social networking application allows users of expressing gratitude for something online, illegal improvised a profile of your habits on the Internet.

"Facebook can track every click on a website, as long as I am, what interests me," he said. According to Weichert, all information that was sent to American society, even if someone was not a Facebook member.

saying it violates the laws of privacy both Germany and the European Union, demanded Weichert sites in Schleswig-Holstein to remove the "like" button on your application at the end of September or face a fine of up to ? 50,000.

Facebook, of course, is that it's ridiculous and launched the "like" button in accordance with European laws on data protection. As for the details, it seems clear that these officials in Germany seem to think that almost all of the Internet in violation of data protection. Any ISP can already do exactly what he accuses Facebook to Weichert, but (like Facebook) have rules that protect the form in which the data are used in accordance with the law. The fact that this information

could
be abused does not mean anything. with "like" button, which is why it is so popular. If it was not useful to them, are not displayed on the sites. The prohibition to protect users who want to use, any sense
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