German government official has ordered websites to stop using Facebook's "like" button, saying they give away personal information.
Thilo Weichert, data protection commissioner in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, issued a statement Friday saying analysis in his office showed that using the popular buttons transfers data to Facebook's servers in the United States.
It is illegal,that would violate German and European Union data-protection laws, he said.
"Whoever visits facebook.com or uses a plug-in must expect that he or she will be tracked by the company for two years," Weichert said in the statement. "Facebook develops a broad individual -- and for members even a personal -- profile."
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