BERLIN, Oct 10 (Reuters) - German cartel authorities

ended proceedings against Meta over how personal data

is used after intensive discussions that led to the U.S. owner

of Facebook and Instagram agreeing to take measures addressing

the concerns, they said on Thursday.

"The key point here is that using Facebook no longer

requires consent to the unlimited collection and allocation of

data to one's own user account, even if the data does not

actually arise in the Facebook service," said cartel office

president Andreas Mundt.

(Writing by Miranda Murray, Editing by Friederike Heine)