Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:00PM
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Or, and this is crazy, I know, but Facebook could follow the rules.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:03PM
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AFAIK it follows all US laws to the letter.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by code_duck on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:05PM
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That’s fantastic, for the US. The next step would be to follow all EU laws to the letter, too.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:11PM
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It's an US company if I remember correctly. Does a hamburger place in the US need to follow EU laws because tourists come to it often? No.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by smoe on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:51PM
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Last time I agreed to Facebooks terms of services it explicitly said that the agreement is between me and Facebook Ireland Limited in Dublin. I only ever consented to the data being transferred and processed in the US.
The Facebook Europeans use is very much an EU company.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:19PM
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I believe McDonalds locations inside Europe do follow EU laws, so yes.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:21PM
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You seem to not understand the difference in location. Of course companies in the EU follow EU laws.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:27PM
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And FB has presence in the EU.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:39PM
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Very limited and if the EU will keep fining them, they will leave - and that will mean the exact opposite of what EU wanta because not having an EU entity doesn't mean they don't continue to have EU users.