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German retailer's use of Facebook marketing service breaches privacy law, regulator says

( June 15, 2018, 10:08 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The way a German online retailer uses Facebook Custom Audience — a marketing tool to target customers with ads — without users' consent amounts to a data-protection breach, the Bavarian data-privacy authority said today. An administrative court has backed the regulator's decision telling the retailer to stop using the Facebook service without seeking consent. The company has appealed that court ruling, the regulator said.Full statement follows in German....

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