Irish hub to handle Twitter grievances

The Office of the Data Protection Commission (ODPC) is now the first port of call for some 300m non-US Twitter users who wish to make a privacy or data protection complaint against the social networking giant.

Last month, Twitter confirmed to all of its non-US users, which make up 77% of all accounts, that, from May 18, the Twitter International Company — the body behind its Dublin operation — would handle its services.

“Twitter International Company will be responsible for handling your account information under Irish privacy and data protection law,” said the social media giant.