EU to force social network sites to enhance privacy

[nhklein]

Interesting comment on default internet privacy protection: Companies
"can't think they're exempt just because they have their servers in
California... If they're targeting EU citizens they will have to comply
with the rules."

Norbert Klein

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/16/eu-social-network-sites-privacy

EU to force social network sites to enhance privacy

'Right to be forgotten' would ensure users of Facebook and other sites could
completely erase personal data


"The European Union is to enshrine a "right to be forgotten online" to ensure...

In a speech to the European parliament, the EU justice commissioner, Viviane
Reding, warned companies such as Facebook that: "A US-based social network
company that has millions of active users in Europe needs to comply with EU rules."

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