Top German court reimposes data curbs on Facebook

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Top German court reimposes data curbs on Facebook

Could set a wider precedent.

Facebook must comply with an order by Germany's antitrust watchdog to curb data collection from users, a top German court ruled, in a setback for the US social network company that could set a wider precedent. The Federal Court's stay order, which suspends a decision by a lower court, ...

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