Law stated as at 12 Mar 2010 • European Union, United Kingdom
A checklist of best practices for a company to consider when operating a social-networking service or when providing such a service as part of an online business.
Note: With effect from 12 March 2010, this resource is no longer being maintained. From 25 May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (GDPR) replaced the current regime established by the Data Protection Act 1998. It is supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018. For legal developments between 12 March 2010 and 24 May 2018, please refer to the legal updates on the topic page for this resource: see Technology, Social media, Internet, General media, and Privacy.
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