Image: Hanover Quay – Dublin Docklands by informatique on Flickr
Hanover Quay, Dublin 2.
That is the address of Facebook’s European headquarter or, strictly legally, the business seat of the Facebook Ireland Limited.
The above is important
as owing to Section 18 of Facebook’s Terms of Use, users who are not residents of the USA and Canada have their agreement to use the social network with Facebook’s Irish subsidiary.
That means that if you have any
data protection issues
with the Zuckerberg-led company, you are entitled to approach the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.
The Austrian based data protection advocacy group Europe vs Facebook already started doing this.
They have identified several breaches and have undertaken a number of actions, thereby including complaints and access requests and, have covered each of them on their website.
Obviously
enforcing its powers
under Section 10 of the Data Protection Act, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner has started an investigation against Facebook.
I am curious what the outcome of the foregoing will be and will therefore monitor and provide for follow-ups.
By the way, how much do you care about what Facebook does with your data, but without your consent?