Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules

Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by ayroblu on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:58PM (#25435749)

I know people will be up in arms about tech companies abusing data, whatever that means, but what I don't fully understand from the article is why this is happening.

> Facebook’s UK users will remain subject to UK privacy law, which for now tracks the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

My understanding is similar to this, which is that all the privacy laws are the same, so is this a Brexit thing because the UK is outside of the EU so it's a legal liability to hold information within the EU (Facebook Ireland as it says)?

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by rahoulb on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:11AM (#25440876)

My guess is this is exactly what the "deal/no-deal" divergence talks are about. Today, the UK and EU GDPR rules are in alignment. But on the 2nd January, there's nothing to stop the UK from throwing them away.

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