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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by yorwba on Sunday March 04, 2018 @11:57PM (#16518835)
> Because it's difficult to believe that there's only enough resources to prosecute a handful of companies at a time.

The decision in question was in a civil suit. The suit was brought by a "privacy watchdog" organization that's presumably at least partially government funded to investigate cases like this, but that doesn't prevent anyone else from suing as well.

So if you know of a European company with similarly privacy-violating practices, what's stopping you from filing suit? Or if you're not an EU citizen, you might still be able to get some less corporate-friendly group to investigate.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by EggsOnToast on Monday March 05, 2018 @12:10AM (#16518886)
Your point is valid but it's also separate from the situation I was discussing. The response you quoted was general because the statement I was reacting to was written generally rather than specifically about this one instance in isolation.
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