Law stated as at 26 Apr 2017 • European Union, United Kingdom
A practice note on the privacy implications of social-networking sites.
Note: With effect from 26 April 2017, 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 26 April 2017 and 24 May 2018, please refer to the legal updates on the topic page for this resource: see Technology, Social media, Internet and Privacy.
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