The socialist group in the House of Representatives has requested an appearance Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerbergas well as the company’s head of operations, Javier Olivan, and the director of public affairs for Spain and Portugal, José Luis Zimmermann, in the face of the potential massive violation of the privacy of millions of users.
These requests to appear, which must be submitted before the Committee on Economy, Trade and Digital Transformation, are based on information revealed by several European centers about the possible violation of the law. Privacy of millions of users In Spain and Europe.
Following this information, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced, a few days ago, during his speech at the Fourth Metafutoro Forum, Open investigation With the aim of “clarifying what happened, ensuring responsibilities and protecting the fundamental rights that may have been violated.”
“The government is clear: in Spain, The law is above any algorithm Or great technology. Whoever violates our rights will pay the consequences.”
An investigation by international reference centers, such as IMDEA Networks (Spain), Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), or Radboud University (Netherlands), revealed that Meta was used for about a year. A hidden mechanism for tracking users’ activity on the web From Android devices through Facebook and Instagram applications.
This system allows the company to record which pages are visited, even When users use incognito mode Or VPN, and link this information to your profiles on Meta platforms: silent spying without any kind of explicit consent.
If confirmed, this practice would represent a Violating several European regulations: GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA). Meta is already facing class action lawsuits in Germany, the United States and Canada over similar events.