Germany is perhaps the most proactive country when it comes to protecting its citizens' privacy, something that privacy advocates and enthusiasts have been aware of for a while now, and the country recently reiterated its stance against Microsoft-owned LinkedIn.
A Berlin Court ruled in favor of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, vzbv), which filed a lawsuit against LinkedIn for ignoring users who turned on the 'do-not-track' function on their browsers. According to the German judge, companies must respect these settings under GDPR.
