Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo - not up to EU Security Standards (companies, government)

[DRob4JC]

Leave Facebook if you don't want to be spied on, warns EU

The European Commission has warned EU citizens that they should close their Facebook accounts if they want to keep information private from US security services, finding that current Safe Harbour legislation does not protect citizen’s data.

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The case collects complaints lodged against Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Microsoft-owned Skype and Yahoo.

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The case argues that the US government’s Prism data collection programme, revealed by Edward Snowden in the NSA files, which sees EU citizens’ data held by US companies passed on to US intelligence agencies, breaches the EU’s Data Protection Directive “adequacy” standard for privacy protection, meaning that the Safe Harbour framework no longer applies.

Cue Gomer Pyle... "Surprise, surprise!"

Good of them to make a public note of this.

[iNviNciBL3]

Paranoia runs in their blood, understandably of course, look at history.

You should see all the censorship when you browse around Germany on Google Street view.

[texdav]

Do they really think anything on web is safe if someone good wants to spy or even on cellphones.UK should know as they ask for help from what they warn about.Anyone think all coutries don't spy in various ways is living in reality.