Company moves responsibility for users from Ireland to the US where privacy laws are less strictFacebook has moved more than 1.5 billion users out of reach of European privacy law, despite a promise from Mark Zuckerberg to apply the “spirit” of the legislation globally. It means that those users will now be on a site governed by US law rather than Irish law. Earlier this month, when asked whether his company would promise GDPR protections to its users worldwide, Zuckerberg demurred. Facebook told Reuters “we apply the same privacy protections everywhere, regardless of whether your agreement is with Facebook Inc or Facebook Ireland”. Even if their data privacy regulators are less rapid than those in Europe, this event is giving them a chance to act.

Source: The Guardian April 19, 2018 11:03 UTC