Facebook warned by the Belgian court to quit tracking people or pay €100m fine

The Brussels Court of First Instance, which has jurisdiction in all disputes that are not assigned by law to other courts, has warned Facebook to quit tracking Belgian citizens' online habits, and to delete all the data it holds on them, or else it will have to pay a €100m fine.
The news comes after a German court declared Facebook’s data collection policies in support of advertising to be illegal, dealing a significant blow to the social media powerhouse.
It was the Belgian Privacy C