By Tony Connelly

Facebook has been ordered to stop tracking people in Belgium who are not members of its social network or face fines of €250,000 a day.

A Belgium court ruled that the company had been taking personal data without the consent of users. The ruling was based on a cookie which is installed when an internet user visits a Facebook page even if they are not a member.

The cookie which Facebook installed would stay on a device for up to two years and gave it information on whenever the user visited any Facebook pages, or to any page where they could Read full story ›

Source: The Drum