Reuters reports the Federation of German Consumer Organizations “believes Facebook is violating privacy laws with its new app center and has set a deadline for the social network…to fix it or potentially face legal action.” The group contends the app center gives third-party applications users’ information without their knowledge. “It will consider legal action against Facebook if the site fails to fix the problem by September 4,” the report states, noting the deadline follows plans by Hamburg’s data protection commissioner to “reopen his investigation into Facebook's policies on tagging photos, retaining and deleting data and the level of control users have over their information.”
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