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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Feb-2023 20:11:42 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Michael Veale

   @mikarv Ah Brexit, the gift that keeps giving…

   • Michael Veale (mikarv@someone.elses.computer)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Feb-2023 20:11:43 JST Michael Veale

     #Meta ships UK users out of EU #GDPR protection. Likely triggered by risk of stop processing orders over #Schrems II and targeted ads, which then wouldn’t apply to the UK, and a desire to keep transferring UK data to the US without the risk of CJEU involvement or intervention. UK users will no longer be able to complain to the Irish DPC, and can only rely on the ICO, which in turn may struggle to enforce penalties against the US entity (as opposed to an Irish tax vehicle) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-21/meta-shifts-uk-users-to-us-agreements-in-post-brexit-move?utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&leadSource=uverify%20wall#xj4y7vzkg