Here's one to keep an eye on, a case currently going through Court of Justice of the European Union.
Basically, by including a "like" widget on your website, you could be passing personal data to 3rd party data processors, such as Facebook, Google & Twitter.
The case is of Fashion ID, a German online retailer which embedded a Facebook’s ‘Like’ button plugin on its website.
When a user lands on Fashion ID’s website, information about that user’s IP address and browser is transferred to Facebook. Importantly, that transfer occurs automatically when Fashion ID’s website has loaded, irrespective of whether the user has clicked on the "Like" button and whether or not they have a Facebook account.
It's technically a pre-GDPR case, but it does have relevance to the new legislation.
More details in this Press Release from Court of Justice of the European Union.
Basically, by including a "like" widget on your website, you could be passing personal data to 3rd party data processors, such as Facebook, Google & Twitter.
The case is of Fashion ID, a German online retailer which embedded a Facebook’s ‘Like’ button plugin on its website.
When a user lands on Fashion ID’s website, information about that user’s IP address and browser is transferred to Facebook. Importantly, that transfer occurs automatically when Fashion ID’s website has loaded, irrespective of whether the user has clicked on the "Like" button and whether or not they have a Facebook account.
It's technically a pre-GDPR case, but it does have relevance to the new legislation.
More details in this Press Release from Court of Justice of the European Union.
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