Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We're delighted to be here this afternoon. I'll start by listing out my questions for you, and the social media companies can answer afterwards. I have about three questions here. The first is in relation to data protection. It's very clear that you're

Information & Ethics committee  Google, can I have your comments, please?

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I didn't have a chance to get the answer to my first question in relation to Google's viewpoint on the GDPR. Many of the social media companies are based in Ireland. Effectively, our data protection commissioner is regulating for Europe, and Facebook's Mark

Information & Ethics committee  You can't be definitive about whether it would work. Are you in agreement with Mr. Zuckerberg in relation to the rollout of GDPR globally?

Information & Ethics committee  In different countries.... In relation to Ireland yet again, because it's the base of a lot of the social media companies.... You're all based, your European international headquarters are based in Ireland. We're working on digital safety commissioner legislation, which will eff

Information & Ethics committee  Can you see that being rolled out, maybe beyond Europe, because of the legislation in Ireland.

Information & Ethics committee  Facebook, do you want to come in on this?

Information & Ethics committee  My first question will be for Mr. Cannataci. It's in relation to legislation we're looking at in Ireland, which could ultimately apply at a European level. It's an online digital safety commissioner. One of the key challenges our committee is having in relation to drawing this le

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much. I think that's a common concern here around the table in relation to that definition. I might ask the Privacy Commissioner, Mr. Therrien, in relation to GDPR, do you have any viewpoints on how that's working? As you know, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has cal

Information & Ethics committee  Okay, thank you. I think those are my questions.

Information & Ethics committee  Do you want to ask a question?

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Thank you all for coming before us this morning. My first question is to Amazon. Last November, on Black Friday, I understand there were technical issues. Many of the customers' names and emails appeared on your website. Is that correct?

Information & Ethics committee  No? Okay. I thought there was some reporting in relation to that. Were there some technical issues last November?

Information & Ethics committee  In relation to GDPR and data protection, from what my colleagues asked you earlier, you're saying you would be in favour of some form of GDPR being rolled out globally.

Information & Ethics committee  Okay, so are you open to that, or maybe to a different version of it across the world?