NEWS

Rediff.com » News

German official: Facebook must delete faces
August 15, 2012
AP reports: A German data protection official has called for Facebook to delete biometric profiles of people stored without their explicit consent.

In short, he wants Facebook to delete users' faces from its databases. The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection said today that talks to bring Facebook's business practice in line with German and European privacy rules had failed.
© 2024 Rediff.com