Once again, Facebook is making headlines for its disregard of users’ privacy and the protection of personal data. In Europe and in the United States... [A]s we continue to learn more about your company’s current and past activities that have undermined human rights, we call on Facebook to submit to an independent audit of its data processing practices as well as a global human rights impact assessment. We acknowledge that the company has announced steps to address some of these concerns, but clearly the time has come for greater reforms and independent review. We further urge Facebook to provide more information on its practices and to take comprehensive measures to respect users’ rights.

... Facebook should do more to protect user privacy and data protection. The company should confirm that it will apply the rights encompassed under the General Data Protection Regulation at a global level, rather than attempting legal strategies to prevent these rights from applying to individuals not located in the EU... Finally, it is increasingly clear that data protection laws are necessary to define appropriate standards for the protection of data collected and used by Facebook, and to provide remedies when those standards are not complied with. While your company has spent energy and money trying to limit the EU data protection reform and the ongoing review of the EU ePrivacy legislation, we urge Facebook to change its approach and attitude.