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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by code_duck on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:05PM (#16362144)
That’s fantastic, for the US. The next step would be to follow all EU laws to the letter, too.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:11PM (#16362191)
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.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by smoe on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:51PM (#16362628)
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.

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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:19PM (#16362282)
I believe McDonalds locations inside Europe do follow EU laws, so yes.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:21PM (#16362303)
You seem to not understand the difference in location. Of course companies in the EU follow EU laws.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:27PM (#16362380)
And FB has presence in the EU.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:39PM (#16362508)
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.
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