Facebook refuses to promise GDPR-style privacy protection for US users Read moreIt is a regulation that requires companies to protect the personal data and privacy of residents of EU countries. It replaces an outdated data protection directive from 1995 and restricts the way businesses collect, store and export people’s personal data. Facebook, for example, has pledged to offer GDPR privacy controls globally. Since any user data processed in Ireland will soon fall under GDPR, Facebook is changing the agreement so users in Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America are governed by more lenient US privacy laws. Complying with GDPR may be a little onerous for companies that don’t have the engineering resources of Facebook or Google.

Source: The Guardian April 19, 2018 06:56 UTC