WHAT? Facebook like button is illegal?

If you live in a country like Germany, chances are that the world-famous Like Button from Facebook is considered illegal, according to Thilo Weichert from the data protection center of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

He said that Facebook can trace every click on a website and all of the information was sent to this even if someone is not a member of Facebook.

According to reports, he demanded websites in Schleswig-Holstein to take away this "LIKE BUTTON" before the end of September 2011 or else, pay the fine of 50,000 Euros (72,000 dollars or about an estimate of 3.5 million Pesos), which sounds painful!

Press Release:

https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/presse/20110819-facebook-en.htm

Facebook reject's Weichert's claims because the Like Button and other apps are complied in European Union data protections standard. The Like button only collects the IP addresses of non-users and information is deleted after 90 days (about three months?).

Why would a country like Germany would do these?!

Scoop: http://techland.time.com/2011/08/22/germany-ceases-to-like-facebook/