On November 9, 2015, a Belgian Tribunal ordered a social media company to cease recording the internet navigation habits of Belgian web users and issued a €250,000 fine for each day of noncompliance. The Privacy Commission also issued a press release (source document in French) summarizing the case and the main arguments. On December 4, 2015, a contact group composed of the Belgian, Dutch, French, and Spanish data protection authorities published a common statement (source document in French) requesting the company to comply with this judgment throughout the EU territory.
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