Bloomberg Law
Sept. 21, 2015, 5:42 PM UTC

Facebook Shouldn’t Intimidate You, Privacy Watchdog Tells Court

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By Stephanie Bodoni and John Martens, Bloomberg News

Belgian regulators urged a judge not to be intimidated by Facebook Inc. as they sought an order forcing the U.S. company to change its privacy policies to comply with local law.

The Belgian Privacy Commission is one of several European regulators that have taken issue with Facebook’s handling of user data.

The European Union’s 28 privacy watchdogs are coordinating national probes into possible violations of EU law by Facebook’s revamped policy for handling personal photos and data. Dutch regulators were the first to step in after Facebook alerted its users in November ...

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