Facebook Shifts 1.5 Billion Users Away From EU Privacy Law Protection

Facebook is changing its terms of service to exclude 1.5 billion users in Africa, Asia, and Latin America from strict European privacy regulations ahead of a May 25 deadline.

18 Apr 2018 • 1 min read

Facebook is altering its terms of service to ensure that 1.5 billion users outside of Europe and the United States no longer fall under the protection of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Previously, the vast majority of Facebook's global users were governed by agreements with the company's international headquarters in Ireland, which subjects them to strict EU privacy laws.

This strategic shift significantly reduces Facebook's legal exposure just weeks before the GDPR takes effect on May 25. The new regulation allows European regulators to fine companies up to four percent of their global annual revenue for data violations, which in Facebook's case could result in billions of dollars in penalties.

The timing of this change occurs as Facebook faces intense global scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Although Facebook insists it plans to offer the same privacy controls to all users worldwide regardless of their legal jurisdiction, this structural adjustment legally shields over 70 percent of its total user base from the strictest data protection standards.

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