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    Facebook Can't Gather Users' Data From Other Websites, German Antitrust Office Says

    Facebook "was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power," says Andreas Mundt, of Germany's Federal Cartel Office.
    by Bill Chappell Feb 07, 2019 2 minutes
    Andreas Mundt, president of Germany's Federal Cartel Office, says "Facebook obtains very detailed profiles of its users and knows what they are doing online," by merging data from a number of sources. Mundt announced the anti-trust watchdog's findings in Bonn, Germany, Thursday.

    Germany's antitrust agency is hitting Facebook with "far-reaching restrictions" on the social media network's practice of merging its users' data that was gleaned from WhatsApp, Instagram and millions of third-party websites and apps. The decision can be appealed; if it stands, it would force Facebook to add more ways for its users to protect their privacy.

    "In the authority's assessment,

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