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Not optional depending on your country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_data_retention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_data_ret

Not optional depending on your country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_data_retention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_data_retenti... It's a really complicated legal issue, and the last thing you would want to do as an international company is shoot yourself in the foot by deleting "evidence".

ThaddeusQuay2 15y ago
FB is an American company, and the crime of which the article speaks happened in the US, and the article you cite says: "The United States does not have any Internet Service Provider (ISP) data retention laws similar to the European Data Retention Directive. All attempts have failed:" THEREFORE: Under what law was FB required to retain the data, which was eventually handed over under subpoena?
- fromhet 15y ago
  I may be wrong, and if so, please correct me. But I think i remember something about Facebook having european offices in Ireland, so for us Facebook users in the European Union it's the Irish and EU laws they have to abide. But I havent got a clue about what law regulates theese things.
  - xxbondsxx 15y ago
    Your thinking is along the right direction; see my reply to your parent comment
- xxbondsxx 15y ago
  Since Facebook follows the popular "Double Irish Arrangement:" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement The location of its legal tax headquarters is up for debate; Additionally, Facebook has corporate offices all over the world in different countries: https://www.facebook.com/careers/locations https://www.facebook.com/careers/locations Italy, India, Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, etc. Clearly it's not just a "US" company and only has to follow "US" laws.
  - ThaddeusQuay2 15y ago
    Taxes are not involved in the question. When it comes to US cases, FB only has to follow US laws. Therefore, data generated by US-based users should not be retained.

ThaddeusQuay2 15y ago

FB is an American company, and the crime of which the article speaks happened in the US, and the article you cite says: "The United States does not have any Internet Service Provider (ISP) data retention laws similar to the European Data Retention Directive. All attempts have failed:" THEREFORE: Under what law was FB required to retain the data, which was eventually handed over under subpoena?

fromhet 15y ago
I may be wrong, and if so, please correct me. But I think i remember something about Facebook having european offices in Ireland, so for us Facebook users in the European Union it's the Irish and EU laws they have to abide. But I havent got a clue about what law regulates theese things.
- xxbondsxx 15y ago
  Your thinking is along the right direction; see my reply to your parent comment
xxbondsxx 15y ago
Since Facebook follows the popular "Double Irish Arrangement:" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement The location of its legal tax headquarters is up for debate; Additionally, Facebook has corporate offices all over the world in different countries: https://www.facebook.com/careers/locations https://www.facebook.com/careers/locations Italy, India, Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, etc. Clearly it's not just a "US" company and only has to follow "US" laws.
- ThaddeusQuay2 15y ago
  Taxes are not involved in the question. When it comes to US cases, FB only has to follow US laws. Therefore, data generated by US-based users should not be retained.