If you don't even know what the law is, you might try finding out, before sniping about how someone supposedly is not "respecting" it.
If you did, you might then find, for instance, that the best course of action is to complain about the law (or lack of laws), and do something about that.
Anyway, I think you're wrong. I do know the law in France and Europe. And since I live in France, I have a contract with Facebook Ireland. Not Facebook US. So it's the Irish law that is the appropriate law. I don't know the details of Irish law in that matter. So your Argumentum ad nauseam saying I should know the law could have been correct... (if not excessive and irrespective) but since Ireland is part of the European Union... I do not need to go seek the exact Irish law. Directive 95/46/CE is there to unify the European law on that subject.
"SECTION I
PRINCIPLES RELATING TO DATA QUALITY
Article 6
1. Member States shall provide that personal data must be:
(a) processed fairly and lawfully;
(b) collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a way incompatible with those purposes. Further processing of data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes shall not be considered as incompatible provided that Member States provide appropriate safeguards;
(c) adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected and/or further processed;
(d) accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that data which are inaccurate or incomplete, having regard to the purposes for which they were collected or for which they are further processed, are erased or rectified;
(e) kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data were collected or for which they are further processed. Member States shall lay down appropriate safeguards for personal data stored for longer periods for historical, statistical or scientific use."
Do you think what Facebook Ireland is doing, yes because Facebook Ireland offers the EXACT same service than Facebook US, respects the law in Ireland ?
Then you should know that it's the everyone's right to ponder about the due respect of law without having to file a formal complaint and start a trial. Otherwise, journalists would have to sue half the world. By the way suing costs money that I don't have. So if the only ones that can complain about some problems in a company policy, are the ones that have the money to sue the company... we're in a sad society. I think that's the moment when an American starts complaining about socialism in Europe.
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Point of order:
If you don't even know what the law is, you might try finding out, before sniping about how someone supposedly is not "respecting" it.
If you did, you might then find, for instance, that the best course of action is to complain about the law (or lack of laws), and do something about that.
Wow ? Why so much anger ?
Anyway, I think you're wrong. I do know the law in France and Europe. And since I live in France, I have a contract with Facebook Ireland. Not Facebook US. So it's the Irish law that is the appropriate law. I don't know the details of Irish law in that matter. So your Argumentum ad nauseam saying I should know the law could have been correct... (if not excessive and irrespective) but since Ireland is part of the European Union... I do not need to go seek the exact Irish law. Directive 95/46/CE is there to unify the European law on that subject.
See by yourself :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:...
"SECTION I PRINCIPLES RELATING TO DATA QUALITY Article 6 1. Member States shall provide that personal data must be: (a) processed fairly and lawfully; (b) collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a way incompatible with those purposes. Further processing of data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes shall not be considered as incompatible provided that Member States provide appropriate safeguards; (c) adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected and/or further processed; (d) accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that data which are inaccurate or incomplete, having regard to the purposes for which they were collected or for which they are further processed, are erased or rectified; (e) kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data were collected or for which they are further processed. Member States shall lay down appropriate safeguards for personal data stored for longer periods for historical, statistical or scientific use."
Do you think what Facebook Ireland is doing, yes because Facebook Ireland offers the EXACT same service than Facebook US, respects the law in Ireland ?
Then you should know that it's the everyone's right to ponder about the due respect of law without having to file a formal complaint and start a trial. Otherwise, journalists would have to sue half the world. By the way suing costs money that I don't have. So if the only ones that can complain about some problems in a company policy, are the ones that have the money to sue the company... we're in a sad society. I think that's the moment when an American starts complaining about socialism in Europe.