Facebook Like button 'violates privacy' and other top stories.

• Facebook Like button 'violates privacy'

  

  A German court has ruled that the transfer of data by e-commerce websites to Facebook through the "Like" button without the knowledge of consumers infringes German and EU privacy laws. The Consumer Advice Organisation of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia sued two e-commerce websites it said transferred data to Facebook without consent by using "Like" buttons on their websites. The court in Dusseldorf on Tuesday ruled that the companies will have to inform consumers on their website in future ..

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• Australian sports vehicle wiped out by hybrid electric car

  

  An Australian sports car has been totalled after it was torpedoed by a Toyota Prius driver who allegedly blasted straight through a red light. The red HSV GTS begins to cross a major intersection in Brisbane's north, only for the Prius to race in from the right and take out the front of the vehicle. The Holden driver, identified only as Chris on Dashcam Owners Australia, said the other car came out of nowhere. "The story from the other driver is he was changing lanes and wasn't looking, didn..

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