Facebook to port UK users onto US agreements Sign in with LinkedIn 17 December 2020 | Natalie Bannerman Facebook has confirmed plans to move its UK users to new agreements with its corporate headquarters in California. The move could see UK users distance themselves from the more stringent European Union (EU) privacy rules, post Brexit. The changes are due to come into effect in the new year and follows similar moves by the likes of Google which announced similar plans back in February. UK users will receive a notification of the changes to their terms and conditions in the first half of 2021. Both companies have additional European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland which will remain in the EU changing the legal relationship between the two.