Facebook has been accused of blackmail by a prominent privacy advocate after the social network sent a letter to the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC) about a recent court order. The ruling, made by the Belgian privacy watchdog this week, was made to protect non-users from having their activity tracked by Facebook.
Facebook has agreed to comply with the court order but wrote a letter to Willem Debeuckelaere, president of the BPC, condemning the decision and claiming that tracking non-users is essential for protecting the site's security. Facebook claimed in the letter that in order to protect the security of its users, people would be required to log in or register for an account to see publicly-available content on Facebook.
In response, Debeuckelaere said Facebook's actions amounted to blackmail, according to Belgian public broadcaster VRT.
"This is not we asked for," Debeuckelaere said. "We asked them to stop following people who are not a Facebook member. Period. It seems like they are playing a game in which they are trying to corner us. As if we are the ones blocking information from the internet user." Full story...
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Facebook has agreed to comply with the court order but wrote a letter to Willem Debeuckelaere, president of the BPC, condemning the decision and claiming that tracking non-users is essential for protecting the site's security. Facebook claimed in the letter that in order to protect the security of its users, people would be required to log in or register for an account to see publicly-available content on Facebook.
In response, Debeuckelaere said Facebook's actions amounted to blackmail, according to Belgian public broadcaster VRT.
"This is not we asked for," Debeuckelaere said. "We asked them to stop following people who are not a Facebook member. Period. It seems like they are playing a game in which they are trying to corner us. As if we are the ones blocking information from the internet user." Full story...
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