Leave Facebook if you value your privacy, says EU

Leave Facebook if you value your privacy, says EU
by Lee Munson
 
Citizens within the European Union (EU) have been advised to close their Facebook accounts if they wish to keep their private information away from the prying eyes of the US security services.
In a hearing that could have significant bearing on the future of the EU-US Safe Harbor agreement, European Commission attorney Bernhard Schima as good as admitted that the current agreement was not fit for purpose, telling attorney-general Yves Bot: "You might consider closing your Facebook account, if you have one".
Schima's remark came during a case brought by Austrian law student Max Schrems following complaints filed against Facebook and four other US companies - Apple, Microsoft, Skype, and Yahoo - with the relevant data protection authorities in Ireland, Luxembourg and Germany.
 
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