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"Under European law, consumers have the right to request a record of the personal information held by a company." Given that Facebook's international headquart
by veyron 15y ago
"Under European law, consumers have the right to request a record of the personal information held by a company."
Given that Facebook's international headquarters is in Ireland, does the law also apply to Facebook when it deals with US users?
- gst 15y agohttp://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf "If you are a resident of or have your principal place of business in the US or Canada, this Statement is an agreement between you and Facebook, Inc. Otherwise, this Statement is an agreement between you and Facebook Ireland Limited. References to “us,” “we,” and “our” mean either Facebook, Inc. or Facebook Ireland Limited, as appropriate." Wonder what's valid for me. When I created the account I wasn't US resident, now I am.
- brc 15y agoI thought most countries had these types of privacy laws in place. Way back in the dim early days of my career I remember working on privacy projects so people could get all of the information held by a company. IIRC the rule was you were allowed to request, but the company was also allowed to charge a reasonable fee to collect and supply the data. I also recall the law didn't say anything about making the company delete the data, just that you had to be able to provide all of it back to the person if they asked for it.