UK Facebook Investigation Offers Early GDPR Lessons

By Glory Francke (April 10, 2018, 12:59 PM EDT) -- The regulatory misadventures of data-driven companies such as Facebook Inc. — while undoubtedly challenging for the companies themselves — provide valuable insights into regulators' data protection priorities. Here in the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission has only begun investigating Facebook's data governance practices following reports that the social media giant was the source of personal data used to manipulate elections. The outcome of that review will likely shape U.S. data privacy regulation and compliance for years to come. But Facebook's activities are already shaping data protection compliance further afield. Indeed, it is a safe bet that recent actions against Facebook by European data protection authorities foreshadow compliance priorities under the General Data Protection Regulation when it takes effect in just a few weeks....

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