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Like pollution laws, it's nonsense if not enforced worldwide. The web can't be contained to a specific locality anymore, it's against the core idea of the techn
by deltron3030 9y ago
Like pollution laws, it's nonsense if not enforced worldwide. The web can't be contained to a specific locality anymore, it's against the core idea of the technology. The people in the EU who are responsible for this have no clue about the technology.
- lifeisstillgood 9y agoThe GDPR specifically states that any processing of EU citizens personal / private data essentially two huge things come out of GDPR - personal data about a EU citizen belongs to that citizen, and if you process data about an EU citizen even if you are out of the EU, you are covered by this law (extra-territoriality) These are huge forward thinking political steps. they do get this stuff. I just think the deletion part is a mis-step
- deltron3030 9y agoIt just sounds good, but in a more or less open world, small businesses selling digital products will just block EU access, even if they're physically located in the EU. Opening a company in the US is easy.