Ich werde weiter recherchieren und versuchen, für mich eine pragmatische Lösung zu finden. Dann eben keinen dynamischen FB-Button, der Daten sammeln und transferieren kann. Dann muß halt eine selbst gestrickte Variante her, die nur bei Klick auf einen Button exakt zwei Infos übermittelt:
- FB-Nutzer XY
- mag URL ABC

Muß doch möglich sein… aber selbst dann muß man in unserer mehr und mehr sich selbst an der Nase herumführenden Gesellschaft noch große Datenschutzmeldungen in klitzekleine Seiten einbauen, da ja Infos an Dritte übermittelt werden.

Gruss/M

The last posts seems to say, German law rules over social media icons on “German” websites. We’re not sure about that.

1. Does German law know a definition of a “German” website? Or the other way around: On what websites is German law applicable?
(Websites owned by companies based within the analogue borders of Germany?)

2. What are the juridical arguments that German law is ruling over data-processing between German civilians and US companies?
German law § 4a BDSG forbids data-processing, but who exactly is processing the data in the case of US company-owned icons? Is it the Social Media Icon-Program that juridically belongs to outside Germany-based Companies as Facebook, Digg and Twitter, or is it the German based website-owner that integrates this program in a website? A German judge has to decide at this point. Or new rulings are to be designed for Germany and the EU as a whole.

An effective new general rule would be that on commercial services delivered within the analogue borders of Germany, German law must be applied and complaints can be brought into German courts.
The court is handling the case that has jurisdiction over the place where the service has been delivered according to IP-number. (Existing procedural rules only look at analogue situations.)

These are forward thinking suggestions – we’re welcoming intelligent comments that’ll improve these ideas.

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Most commercial social media “bookmarking” icons work like the Facebook Like-button principle -> a small IT-program collects visitor data from the websites it’s integrated on. So it’s not fair the Datenschutzbeauftragter only points out at Facebook and this should be corrected.

To your remark on Spiegel:
When a newsmagazine integrates third-party social media icons on their website, without specific juridical agreements with the owner of the icon, it bites in its own tail. All data from website-visitors will be collected, analyzed and sold to others. This is juridically not wrong, it’s a way Facebook, Digg, Twitter, StudiVZ & Co are earning money.

Visitors of such websites must be aware of the fact, that data is collected and will be traded, even if you do not click a button. 10com labels this as digital data trafficking and works on the developing of small IT-programmes with which civilians can surf without being stalked.

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Manuel fragte:
“Gilt das eigentlich nur für die Lösung über den Like-Button?

Wie sieht es mit Social Bookmarking Icons aus, die man inzwischen auf fast jeder Seite (beispielsweise unter jedem Spiegel-Artikel) sieht?”