Dutch Regulator Investigates Facebook's Privacy Policy

After other companies like Google have repeatedly run into issues with the region’s strict data protection rules, Facebook is now in the crosshairs of the Dutch privacy regulator, which said that it was investigating the social network’s revamped privacy policy.

The Dutch watchdog -- called College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens, or CBP -- said it had contacted Facebook about how the new privacy policy would affect local users, and asked the social network to postpone the roll-out of the new rules until the regulator completes its investigation. In response, Facebook said it was confident the new policy complied with the country’s laws.