Twitter users in Europe will have protected data, but in the US it's the same old free-for-all

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Call it a tale of two Twitters

Twitter made a small but significant update to its terms of service and privacy policy on Friday, noting that all users outside the U.S. will have their account information processed at Twitter's subsidiary in Ireland starting next month

Until now, all data for Twitter users had been handled out of the U.S., where the company is based

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If you live outside the United States, our services are now provided to you by Twitter International Company, our company based in Dublin, Ireland. Twitter International Company will be responsible for handling your account information under Irish privacy and data protection law, which is based on the European Union’s Data Protection Directive. Read more...

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