Facebook is not allowed to use contacts from its members' address book to promote itself to non-members, Germany's top court has ruled. The German Supreme Court confirmed two lower courts' earlier ...

Legal cases usually take years because of appeal after appeal. But when they reach the highest court of the land, judgment is, more often than not, really final. That might be the case here with ...

A German regional court judge has ruled that Facebook’s use of user content and its Friend Finder feature violate privacy laws, and that it must change its terms of ...

Facebook's friend finder works as a powerful tool for locating friends on other services, but may look complicated at first. You no longer can find friends by location. If you like, under "Other Tools ...

Facebook has endured mounting problems in Europe recently; the social network is facing court cases in several EU countries, with most of the accusations against the company revolving around its ...

Germany's Federal Court of Justice has upheld a 2014 judgement that Facebook's Friend Finder feature is illegal under laws concerning both unwanted commercial promotions and data protection, following ...

A Facebook logo is displayed on the side of a tour bus in New York's financial district July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's highest court has declared ...