Websites utilizing Facebook ‘Like’ button responsible for information, Europe’s leading court chooses

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Facebook’s ‘Like’ button may not seem among the web’s most complicated tools, however there’s more to the little upturned thumb than fulfills the eye. Some business, for example, utilize that Like button on their sites as a plugin, and on Monday Europe’s leading court chose that they are collectively accountable with Facebook for the transfer of individuals’s information.

The court was taking a look at the case of Fashion ID, a German online clothes seller, which had the Like button plugin set up on its site. The information of visitors to the site was being moved back to Facebook without their understanding, even if they had not clicked the button or weren’t members of the social media, the court discovered.

According to the judgment released by the Court of Justice of the European Union, Fashion ID and other sites like it cannot be accountable for what takes place to the information after it’s passed to Facebook, however they are accountable for “operations involving the collection and disclosure by transmission to Facebook.”

The choice implies that in the future, all sites sending information about European people back to Facebook and other social media networks — whether by a Like button or any other plugin — should initially get their specific approval to do so in order to abide by stringent EU information security guidelines presented in 2015. In accordance with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, individuals should offer specific approval for their information to be gathered.

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Companies big and small are still learning how to comply fully with GDPR, and decisions such as the one made by the Court of Justice on Monday help clarify their roles when the lines are blurred. For Facebook and other social media companies, the judgment provides a clearer idea of which data collection and processing responsibilities are theirs alone, and which are shared by third parties.

“We welcome the clarity that today’s decision brings to both websites and providers of plugins and similar tools,” said Jack Gilbert, associate general counsel for Facebook. “We are carefully reviewing the court’s decision and will work closely with our partners to ensure they can continue to benefit from our social plugins and other business tools in full compliance with the law.”