Facebook gets 6 more complaints over ‘like’ button

SIX more complaints about Facebook have been lodged with the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over how the social network giant handles personal information.

It brings to 22 the number of complaints made to the data watchdog by an Austrian privacy lobby group called Europe v Facebook. The DPC said it has also received some complaints from Britain regarding Facebook.

The DPC is being sent these complaints as Facebook Ireland is the company’s headquarters for outside North America. The DPC is to carry out a detailed audit of Facebook’s databases and systems next month as part of its investigation.