'Facebook should comply with government data collection restrictions,' the German Supreme Court ruled
Local time on June 23, 2020, the German Federal Court (equivalent to the Supreme Court) found that Facebook abused its monopoly position in the market and was collecting user data without consent, 'according to the German Cartel Agency. You must comply with the data collection restrictions that have been imposed.'
German legal ruling deals Facebook blow in data use
Facebook Dealt Blow as German Court Strikes Business Model-Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-23/facebook-suffers-top-court-setback-in-german-antitrust-fight
Facebook Loses Antitrust Decision in Germany Over Data Collection-The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/technology/facebook-antitrust-germany.html
For Facebook, the company has collected data from pages other than Facebook and tied that data to user accounts. The German federal cartel agency has questioned Facebook's data collection as ``abusing the dominant position in the social network market'' and in February 2019 told Facebook ``to tie the collected data to the user account, It should be allowed only with the user's voluntary consent,'' and is required to stop data collection and the process of linking the data collected without the user's consent with the user account within a few months. It was
German Federal Cartel Agency announces to Facebook that it has banned the integration of user data from diverse sources: Fair Trade Commission
https://www.jftc.go.jp/kokusai/kaigaiugoki/sonota/2019others/201903others.html
However, Facebook dissatisfied with this and started a trial seeking removal of restrictions and withdrawal of suspension. The lower court ruled that the provisional injunction will be 'provisionally suspended until the result of a lawsuit concerning the removal of restrictions' is reached, but the German Federal Court rejects the preliminary injunction in support of the German Federal Cartel Agency's view. Then, he again decided that 'Facebook should be subject to suspension.' The lawsuit on the removal of the restriction is still in progress, but Facebook needed to comply with the suspension under this restriction.
The German Federal Court of Justice Peter Meyerbeck, who had tried this case, said that 'it is illegal not to give the user the right to restrict data collection,' and the German Federal Cartel Agency said I have only been given the option to agree with.' 'The dominant network, Facebook, has a special responsibility to stay competitive in the social network market,' Judge Meyerbeck said. 'We also need to take into account the economic value of data about our users.' I am.
Andreas Mant, Executive Director of the German Federal Cartel Agency, welcomed the ruling, saying: 'When data is collected and used illegally, antitrust interventions are allowed to prevent abuse of market power. Should be done.'
Facebook emphasized, 'This decision is about suspension only, and there is no decision on the limit itself', and commented that the German Federal Cartel Agency will continue to file complaints against the limit. The company explains to its users, 'We are not abusing positions that violate antitrust laws.' 'There will be no immediate changes to products and services in Germany.'
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