Immediately after Brexit, the UK will carry on tracking the EU s General Data Protection Regulation, one of the most stringent data-protection laws in the world, but it is expected, over time, to diverge. Data privacy activists in the UK fear that Facebook may pressure the US government into forcing Britain to accept US data laws in any future trade deal which could be negotiated after Brexit. Some also worry that UK Facebook users could more easily be subject to surveillance by US intelligence agencies or data requests from law enforcement.
“The bigger the company, the more personal data they hold, the more they are likely to be subject to surveillance duties or requirements to hand over data to the US government,” said Jim Killock, executive director of the UK organisation, Open Rights Group.
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Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California, moving them out of their current relationship with Facebook’s Irish unit and out of reach of Europe’s privacy laws.
The change takes effect next year and follows a similar move announced in February by Google. Those companies and others have European head offices in Dublin, and the UK’s exit from the EU will change its legal relationship with Ireland, which remains in the EU.
Initially, sources briefed on the matter told the Reuters news agency about the move. Facebook later confirmed it.
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SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California, moving them out of their current relationship with Facebook s Irish unit and out of reach of Europe s privacy laws.
The change takes effect next year and follows a similar move announced in February by Google. Those companies and others have European head offices in Dublin, and the UK s exit from the EU will change its legal relationship with Ireland, which remains in the Union.