Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change
by gehwartzen on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:52PM
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Does such a request only apply to any data collected during the time while in the EU or all previous data as well? I.e. Could you fly to Europe for a day, put in the request, have my data removed, and fly back?
You need to be an EU citizen.
Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change
by gehwartzen on Friday February 23, 2018 @08:33AM
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Thanks. I am a EU citizen (dual German + US) but live in the US. My understanding from reading into it a little bit is that it doesn't automatically apply to me while I live in the US but would if I traveled to europe. I guess some of the nuts and bolts will become clear as things get enforced after May.
Either way this is by far one of the most exciting reasons I've encountered to still have my original citizenship!
Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change
by politician on Friday February 23, 2018 @05:51PM
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Nope, GDPR still applies to you to any country where you travel!
Now, the downside is that small, local companies probably won't care about the GDPR. However, you buy soap (and everything else) from multinationals with European operations -- and crucially, bank accounts.
Obtain a visa to an EU country and/or sell your account to an EU citizen after May 25, so that they can either file a "right to be forgotten" request under the GDPR, or, generally, engage their "right of a Data Subject to withdraw consent" for personal data to be held against the account.