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Facebook moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European privacy law

Company moves responsibility for users from Ireland to the US where privacy laws are less strict

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proxy browser :If Europe’s new GDPR law restricting what companies can do with people’s online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook users around the world would be protected by it. The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller.
Facebook members outside the United States and Canada, whether they know it or not, are currently governed by terms of service agreed with the company’s international headquarters in Ireland.
Next month, Facebook is planning to make that the case for only European users, meaning 1.5 billion members in Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America will not fall under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect on May 25th.

--The previously unreported move, which Facebook confirmed on Tuesday, shows the world’s largest online social network is keen to reduce its exposure to GDPR, which allows European regulators to fine companies for collecting or using personal data without users’ consent.
That removes a huge potential liability for Facebook, as the new EU law allows for fines of up to 4 per cent of global annual revenue for infractions, which in Facebook’s case could mean billions of dollars.
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proxy browser:tarting next month, 1.5 billion Facebook users outside of the European Union, including those in India, will not be governed by the Terms of Service (ToS) framed under its operations in Ireland, news agency Reuters said on Thursday.
While the move is being seen as the social networking behemoth’s hedge against the impending stringent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force in the European Union on May 25, Facebook claimed that it is “offering everyone who uses Facebook the same privacy protections, controls and settings, no matter where they live.”

Simply put, the Facebook move means that any user outside of EU will not be able to file complaints with the Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner or in Irish courts which will be governed by the GDPR; instead, the complaint will be judged by the relatively lenient US laws on privacy. India is yet to adopt a data protection law.

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Last year, the government released a white paper on the same and invited comments. A committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna is currently deliberating the issue to draft a data protection framework. Facebook currently says that if “you are a resident of or have your principal place of business in the United States or Canada”, the ToS are an agreement between you and Facebook Inc which is based in the US, otherwise, it is an agreement with Facebook Ireland Limited.
“Next month, Facebook is planning to make that the case for only European users, meaning 1.5 billion members in Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America will not fall under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation,” Reuters reported. Facebook said that the changes will not mean different policies for different jurisdictions. “The GDPR and EU consumer law set out specific rules for terms and data policies which we have incorporated for EU users. We have been clear that we are offering everyone who uses Facebook the same privacy protections, controls and settings, no matter where they live. These updates do not change that,” Stephen Deadman, Facebook’s deputy chief global privacy officer, told TOIover email.



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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/19/facebook-moves-15bn-users-out-of-reach-of-new-european-privacy-law
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/facebook-to-put-1-5bn-users-out-of-reach-of-strict-eu-privacy-law/articleshow/63837940.cms
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/facebook-to-put-1-5bn-users-out-of-reach-of-new-eu-gdpr-privacy-law-1.3466837
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