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Re:German data protection authority puts fine on FB like but... by td on Friday August 19, 2011 @11:01AM (#2903583)
Just to remark that this seems to only apply to the state of Schleswig-Holstein, or, according to Wikipedia, 2.8 million of ~80 million Germans.
Re:German data protection authority puts fine on FB like but... by consonaut on Friday August 19, 2011 @02:27PM (#2904334)
It's the only state with an agency trying to enforce it right now.

The applicable laws are federal laws.