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The issues it raises are just as valid for any business anywhere. If you're an American business and I sign up for your website, you apparently have to comply w
by janpieterz 11y ago
The issues it raises are just as valid for any business anywhere. If you're an American business and I sign up for your website, you apparently have to comply with these laws as well, as far as I understand it.
- BillinghamJ 11y agoYou "have to comply", but the EU courts have no jurisdictional control over you, so in reality you don't.
- ygjb 11y agoClearly you have a nuanced legal argument to support the notion that a company that does business in a jurisdiction doesn't have to adhere to their laws? What about companies that have subsidiaries or employees in the jurisdiction of those laws? It's not as simple as you make it sound.
- BillinghamJ 11y agoRunning a website in the US and allowing EU IPs to connect generally does not constitute doing business in the EU. Accepting payments from EU cards, having employees/offices, etc. all clearly do. It depends on the case.