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Those who reads German may be interested in reading the official press release (https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/presse/20121217-facebook-k...), including the decrees to Facebook Inc./USA and Facebook Ltd./Ireland.

Non-professional summary and translation:

I. Facebook is obligated by law to provide the following for the natural persons who want to use www.facebook.com in Schleswig-Holstein:

1. It must be possible to register with a pseudonym.

2. Accounts of registered users whose registration is blocked because of incomplete disclosure or non-disclosure of their real information must be reactivated.

3. Users are to be informed on www.facebook.com about the possibility to register with a pseudonym before the registration.

II. The immediate execution of the provision I. N°2 is decreed.

III. If Facebook does not implement the provisions of I. within two weeks after the delivery of this notice, it will be handed out a penalty of 20,000 EUR.



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