Twitter updates privacy policy for non-US accounts, moving jurisdiction to Ireland

Apr18

by Sindy Cator on April 18, 2015 at 1:27 am

Twitter has announced in a blog post that it is revising its privacy policy and terms of service, effective May 18th, for all non-US accounts. At that time, Twitter says services provided by its Twitter International Company based in Dublin, Ireland will handle account information under Irish privacy and data protection law, which is based on the European Union’s Data Protection Directive. The EU currently is in the process of updating that directive. A draft of the legislation requires individuals to give specific consent before their personal data can be shared and it is considering expanding the “right to be forgotten” concept. A final…