European Court ruling on Like button
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There has been a ruling by the European Court of justice that translates loosely as: “If you put a like button on your site, you are responsible for what Facebook does with it.” (Official text: https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=216555&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=4745319 )
What are the implications of this ruling for users of the AddToAny plugin? Can we still use it (and why)?
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This ruling isn’t just about Facebook, it’s about any social platform that collects, processes and/or stores personal data, which means almost all of the buttons.
A solution could be to add a text to the plugin stating that by using the plugin the user gives permission for their personal information to be collected, processed and/or stored by the platform they’re connecting to, and that this process is not in any way controlled by the site-owner.
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