EU data protection authorities get serious about Facebook’s privacy policy

The European Union’s data protection authorities are getting serious about issues with Facebook’s new privacy policy. They have formed a task force which will deal with part of the policy that could very well violate EU privacy laws.

The task force was formed on Tuesday during a meeting of European data protection authorities and will be led by Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and perhaps Italy, said the spokeswoman for Bart Tommelein, Belgium’s state secretary for privacy.

The move was triggered bya few things that seem to “flagrantly go against general privacy laws in Europe” in Facebook’s new privacy policy that came into effect on Friday, she said.

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