Facebook Wins Ruling Cutting Hamburg Data Regulator's Powers
- Court says regulator can't stop Facebook's real-name policy
- Hamburg judges side with social network on Irish-law argument
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Facebook Inc. scored a victory in its battle against German privacy regulators who claim they can regulate the social network’s policies.
A Hamburg court halted enforcement of an order by the city’s data watchdog who had told Facebook to allow users to sign up to the social network under a pseudonym. German law doesn’t apply to Facebook’s privacy policy, as its European headquarters are in Ireland, the court said in a preliminary ruling.