By Rebecca Stewart

Facebook is being forced to shell out €150,000 to France’s data protection regulator for failing to prevent its users’ data being accessed by advertisers.

CNIL, the French data regulator, said the fine — which has been imposed on both Facebook and Facebook Ireland — was down to the fact the social network had collected and compiled user data “without having a legal basis” and “without obtaining their explicit consent.”

It claimed that Facebook was able to track websites individuals were visiting when they left Facebook’s walls, and that this practice was unclear to the users themselves.

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Source: The Drum