If so, I'm expecting the same reaction in the future about google analytics.
From the other hand, {facebook,google,random company} did not force someone to put the appropriate {buttons,code} in their site. Me thinks there's going to be some kind of settlement without too much fuss and they'll keep doing business as usual for an even more sucky web.
- Data use policy which is invalid under EU law
- The absence of effective consent to many types of data use
- Support of the NSA’s ‘PRISM’ surveillance programme
- Tracking of Internet users on external websites (e.g. through ‘Like buttons’)
- Monitoring and analysis of users through ‘big data’ systems
- Unlawful introduction of ‘Graph Search’
- Unauthorised passing on of user data to external applications
[1] http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/complaints.ht...
[2] http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/PRISM/prism.h...
[3] http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/Class_Action/...
1) Google analytics is a service for tracking your visitors behavior.
2) Facebook like button is a like button.
You would be surprised if the "like button" silently tracked your visitors behavior -- just as you would be surprised if the "analytics script" silently liked googles own facebook page.
>>From the other hand, {facebook,google,random company} did not force someone to put the appropriate {buttons,code} in their site.
They are not getting sued for forcing someone. They are getting sued for adding unwanted/unadvertised functionality that undermines the right to privacy into their service.