minutes away la. thank you very much. well there is more trouble for facebook here in europe germany's competition watchdog has ruled that the social media giant can only gather user data from other sides if it gets their explicit consent that means facebook would have to ask users if it can pool data from the different apps that it own like what's app in instagram the decision represents a major threat to the company's business model in an era where data has become the world's most valuable resource. it is a long awaited decision three years that's how long it took germany's federal cartel office to decide to clamp down on facebook's data collection the question was whether obtaining data from activity on social media widgets on third party sites could be considered untie competitive behavior is being used as a given is. the whole conclusion is that facebook can still collect data on its