Twitter has announced in a blog post that it_is revising its privacy policy and terms of service, effective May 18th, for all non-US accounts. At that time, Twitter says services provided by its Twitter International Company based in Dublin, Ireland will handle account information under Irish privacy and data protection law, which is based on the European Union’s Data Protection Directive. The EU currently is_in the process of updating that directive. A draft of the_legislation requires individuals to give specific consent before their personal data can be shared and it is considering_expanding the “right to be forgotten” concept. A final…

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