Thestudy foundout that Facebook was bypassing this requirement by using a workaround.
Facebook flately disagrees with the above report and hasFacebook spokespersonissued the following statement :
This report contains factual inaccuracies.
The authors have never contacted us, nor sought to clarify any assumptions upon which their report is based.
Neither did they invite our comment on the report before making it public.
It remains to be seen whether the European Union holds this report as valid and acts against FB.
European Union has already warnedusers to opt out of Facebookif they want to preserve their privacy.
source: www.techworm.net
