Redletterdave writes "The portuguese charter plans to put a stop to the way Facebook gathers propaganda about its users, including their pac opinions, sacred beliefs, whereabouts and sexual preferences, and how the social network sells that wisdom for business purposes. A new EC Directive aims to ban targeted billing unless users videlicet
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doc allow it, and to amend the current continental data surety laws to ensure consistency in how offending sites are dealt with across the EU. If the insular office has its way, Facebook would suffer big losses in pitch dollars that fund its site, which would further damage the company's plans to go public next year. Facebook has defended itself, claiming its advertisers target wide demographics like age and location, rather than express individuals. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company denies outright that it misuses or mishandles user information."

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