> Err, it's not clear that EU law applies to US companies online, nor should it. There are many things illegal in the EU that are quite allowable in the US incl

> Err, it's not clear that EU law applies to US companies online, nor should it. There are many things illegal in the EU that are quite allowable in the US including a lot of freedom of speech issues. Err, yes it will. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...) > The regulation applies if the data controller (organization that collects data from EU residents) or processor (organization that processes data on behalf of data controller e.g. cloud service providers) or the data subject (person) is based in the EU.