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April 19, 2018 04:25 am GMT
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Facebook gets even shadier, limits EU privacy law reach
Facebook is quietly looking to limit the number of users that will be protected by Europe's tough new data law, according to Reuters.
Outside of the U.S. and Canada, Facebook's users agree to terms and conditions that are tied with the social media company's operation in Ireland.
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So, as the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to come into force on May 25, even non-EU users would have had their data protected by the law on Facebook.
But now, Facebook is reportedly looking to ensure that GDPR only applies to European users next month, affecting 1.5 billion users in Australia, Africa, the Middle East and in Asia. Read more...
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