Facebook is tracking users, both on and offline, contravening EU privacy rules, according to a report.
Compiled by researchers for the Belgian Privacy Commission, the report says the social media giant places cookies whenever someone visits a webpage belonging to the facebook.com domain, even if the visitor is not a Facebook user.
A cookie is a small file placed onto a computer...
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