Saturday, February 16, 2013

Facebook bests German watchdog in court tiff over real names

Facebook bests German watchdog in real name case

After a German privacy watchdog ordered Facebook to allow the use of fake usernames "immediately," an appeals court has said nein. While the protection body in the tiny state of Schleswig-Holstein argued that Facebook's ban on pseudonyms breached the nation's privacy laws, an administrative court in the region ruled that those laws don't apply to the company, since its European HQ is located in less-stringent Ireland. Facebook argued that requiring the use of real names protects its users, but the regulator said it'll appeal the decision all the same -- thus prolonging the social network's long-running German headache.

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Via: Techmeme

Source: Associated Press

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/dO5Fa84r4y0/

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