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by albertoperdomo 4677 days ago
Please also note that according to the post if the sites are hosted in third party platforms like Facebook, Tumblr, that install tracking cookies the owner of the site can still be sued, even if it's without his control.

In practical terms this means that any individual or business hosting having a Facebook profile page or blog on Tumblr could be sued.

This is just Spanish law at it's best (I'm Spanish, too)

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> In practical terms this means that any individual or business hosting having a Facebook profile page or blog on Tumblr could be sued.

This just says that they're responsible for the effects of the services they contract, in addition to acts they undertake directly.

Should a person building a bridge get out of the liability because they contracted out parts of the work? No.

Neither should the operator of a website because they opted to use services provided from a third party for part (or all) of their web services.

If you bought on an online store, an it used an insecure third-party payment provider which leaked your CC number all over the web, would you say the same?