Facebook, Google Facing Another Legal Privacy Challenge in Europe

Facebook's no stranger to digital privacy controversies, and for that matter neither's Google--but it now seems that both companies may be facing a new legal challenge in the EU over user-sharing of data about people without their consent.

The issue has arisen thanks to the concerns of Swiss and German data protection commissioners. They've been investigating the matter, and have got to the point that they're demanding that Facebook "explain" its position. Their main beef is that if you're a...