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

Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by throwaway2245 on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:12PM (#25437268)

Afaik GDPR does not cover EU citizens (or residents) travelling outside the EU, but of course there is no harm for companies acting like it does.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by jnxx on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:23AM (#25441353)

But as far as I understand, it applies to UK citizens which are traveling in the EU, because they are located in the EU:

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by tpxl on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:45PM (#25437562)

I have looked around a bit, and apparently GDPR applies to:

- People in the EU

- Any data being processed in the EU, regardless of where the person is located

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