Exclusive-Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules
By Joseph Menn
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc will shift all its users throughout the United Kingdom into shopper agreements with the corporate headquarters in California, shifting them out of their current relationship with Facebook’s Irish unit and out of attain of Europe’s privacy authorized pointers.
The change takes influence subsequent yr and follows the identical move launched in February by Google https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-privacy-eu-exclusive-idUSKBN20D2M3. Those companies and others have European head workplaces in Dublin, and the UK’s exit from the EU will change its licensed relationship with Ireland, which stays throughout the Union.
Initially, sources briefed on the matter knowledgeable Reuters regarding the move. Facebook later confirmed it.
“Like completely different companies, Facebook has had to make changes to reply to Brexit and can possible be transferring licensed duties and obligations …