Facebook could have faced a fine of up to 4 per cent of its global turnover if it breached EU regulations NIALL CARSON/PAFacebook has changed its terms of service to move more than 1.5 billion users outside the jurisdiction of European privacy laws before restrictions on data protection come into effect next month. Responsibility for all users outside the US, Canada and the EU will now fall to Facebook’s main offices in California, having previously been held by its international hub in Ireland. This means that data belonging to 1.5 billion of the site’s 1.9 billion users will be on a site governed by US law, rather than Irish, or EU, law. The change in terms and conditions was made before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe takes effect on May 25. The laws will allow European regulators to fine companies for collecting or using…

Source: The Times April 19, 2018 22:52 UTC