23-06-2020 18:11 via uk.finance.yahoo.com

Top German court reimposes data curbs on Facebook

Facebookmust comply with an order by Germany's antitrust watchdog to curb data collection from users, a top German court ruled on Tuesday, in a setback for the U.S. social network company.The Federal Court's interim order, which suspends a decision by a lower court, backs the Federal Cartel Office's original view that Facebook had abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their consent."I'm delighted by this decision," said cartel office President Andreas Mundt.
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