this is the important part:
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Last month, a German privacy group declared using the Facebook Like button leads to profiling that infringes German and European data protection laws. The organization alleged Facebook builds a broad profile for individuals not on the service as well as a more personalized profile of its members. The group also announced websites that use the Facebook Like button would be fined.
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in one of the 16 german states it's now illegal to put the facebook like button on your website, fines up to 50,000 euro may apply. i am very curious to see how this plays out
edit - here's more:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/g...;siu-container
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The ULD is demanding that websites in Schleswig-Holstein remove their Facebook Pages as well as the Like button from their websites by the end of September 2011. If they do not, they will face a fine of up to ?50,000 ($72,000)
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