German group gives Facebook privacy deadline

August 28, 2012 00:27

AP reports: A consumer protection group Germany has sent Facebook a 'cease and desist' letter that claims the social-networking website breaches German privacy law. The Federation of German Consumer Organisations says Facebook has one week to stop automatically giving third party applications information about its users without their explicit consent.

The group said in a statement today that if Facebook fails to comply by September 4 it will sue the California company. Facebook representatives in Germany didn't immediately respond to an email requesting comment.

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