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Old 11-10-2015, 07:18 AM  
robwod
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Originally Posted by wehateporn View Post
?Facebook cannot follow people on the internet who are not members of Facebook which is very logical because they cannot have given permission to follow them,? said Margot Neyskens, spokeswoman for Bart Tommelein, Belgian secretary of state for the protection of privacy, in an emailed statement.
By that logic, could an argument not be made for things like Google Analytics? Even if you're not a "member" of Google, you are still tracked and cookied by anyone who uses GA on their sites, without getting explicit permission. Similarly for advertising companies -- many sites you visit on a day-to-day basis that serve ads from 3rd parties also cookie/profile you, including Google Ads.

It'll be interesting to see what happens here.
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