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> In this particular case, it applies to companies that are not registered in Europe, but are having European customers. Umm, nope. The EU doesn't have any aut
by marcrosoft 9y ago
> In this particular case, it applies to companies that are not registered in Europe, but are having European customers.
Umm, nope. The EU doesn't have any authority to enforce companies outside of the EU to do anything.
- glimmung 9y agoYou are confusing legislation and enforcement. A great deal of legislation has an extra-territorial dimension. We live in a connected world, so ignoring this legislation should not be assumed to be free of consequences.
- joris 9y agoThat’s not true. You’re within their scope if you process and/or target EU citizens. It might of course be difficult to execute the judgment but they can still sue you in the EU. In the US that happens also, for example when some stakeholder sues a foreign website that infringes on their rights. If the sued entity doesn’t show up in court, they just issue a default judgment (meaning the plaintiff wins by default). You can even sue a John Doe in court (at least in the US). In practice, the EU is also resource constrained like any other government entity, so you probably won’t have much to fear. I mean they’re not going to sue millions of companies all over the world, it just means they have created themselves a new stick that they can choose to use. I hear that they’ll likely first go after entities that have a big impact on the public (i.e., the most blatant cases).