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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 3:39 am
Facebook can indeed collect a lot of information about internet users via fan pages and the like button. Anyone who clicks on such a button can be followed by Facebook's analysis systems for up to 2 years after the date. Users are not explicitly informed about this. In a response to the commotion in Germany, Facebook states that it adheres to European privacy regulations.
Street View
Google also discovered that Germans are very concerned about their privacy. The company made its Street hungary phone number list View service available in more than 30 countries. Street View is an application that allows people to view streets on the internet. Google collects images for this with special cars. In Germany, Google has had to stop the service because it had to meet too many conditions in that country. In Belgium, the service came under fire because data from WiFi users was intercepted during recordings for Street View. According to Google, this was an accident. The Belgian justice system now wants to settle the conflict for 150,000 euros.
A 'opt-out arrangement' for Street View proposed by Google. Users who do not want the data from their router to be used for location determination in Google services, must start their SSID (Service Set Identifier) with 'no map'. The SSID name can be used to identify wireless networks. Users can choose their own SSID name and by prefixing it with 'no map' the networks would be safe for Google's Street View cars. The internet company must still rebuild its WiFi database in the Netherlands and irreversibly destroy all current data, according to the CBP. Google must also announce via various media that it collected WiFi data in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2010 or pay a fine of up to 750,000 euros.
Supercookies
Recently, discussions about supercookies flared up again in Europe, after American media reported their use by msn.com. Microsoft, owner of all MSN websites, stated that they were used by mistake and that all codes have since been removed.
Street View
Google also discovered that Germans are very concerned about their privacy. The company made its Street hungary phone number list View service available in more than 30 countries. Street View is an application that allows people to view streets on the internet. Google collects images for this with special cars. In Germany, Google has had to stop the service because it had to meet too many conditions in that country. In Belgium, the service came under fire because data from WiFi users was intercepted during recordings for Street View. According to Google, this was an accident. The Belgian justice system now wants to settle the conflict for 150,000 euros.
A 'opt-out arrangement' for Street View proposed by Google. Users who do not want the data from their router to be used for location determination in Google services, must start their SSID (Service Set Identifier) with 'no map'. The SSID name can be used to identify wireless networks. Users can choose their own SSID name and by prefixing it with 'no map' the networks would be safe for Google's Street View cars. The internet company must still rebuild its WiFi database in the Netherlands and irreversibly destroy all current data, according to the CBP. Google must also announce via various media that it collected WiFi data in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2010 or pay a fine of up to 750,000 euros.
Supercookies
Recently, discussions about supercookies flared up again in Europe, after American media reported their use by msn.com. Microsoft, owner of all MSN websites, stated that they were used by mistake and that all codes have since been removed.