Germany's competition authority opens investigation into FacebookMarch 2, 2016 - 14:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Germany's competition authority is investigating whether Facebook abused its market position by breaching data protection laws, the Associated Press reports. The Federal Cartel Office said in a statement Wednesday, March 2, that there is a "preliminary suspicion that Facebook's terms of use breached data protection rules." It says officials are examining whether there is a link between Facebook's dominant position in the market for social networking sites and the wording of its terms of use. The competition authority says Facebook demands users agree to terms that are "hard to comprehend" and there are "considerable doubts about the admissibility of this practice especially under the current national data protection law." The company was fined 100,000 euros ($109,000) by a Berlin court last month over intellectual property rules. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |