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What if you are servicing non-EU citizens in EU countries? Or EU citizens in non-EU countries? An EU citizen buying a product in the US, while in the US, doesn
by briandear 9y ago
What if you are servicing non-EU citizens in EU countries? Or EU citizens in non-EU countries?
An EU citizen buying a product in the US, while in the US, doesn’t pay EU VAT on that product. So it follows that they also wouldn’t be “protected” by European law, despite the color of their passport. US citizens aren’t protected by HIPAA when getting medical care in Britain or France.
Further irony is that many Europeans complain about US “imperialism” in areas such as foreign policy and intellectual property, yet get positively ecstatic over the idea of the EU claiming jurisdiction over companies or users that aren’t in the EU.
Being an EU citizen in the United States using an American product doesn’t make that American product subject to EU law — it doesn’t matter how bad people want to believe that is so.
When in a country, you are subject to that countries laws; you don’t get to bring your home country’s laws with you — except under treaty agreements.
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- icebraining 9y agoThe GDPR doesn't apply to EU citizens outside the EU. It applies to people that are in the EU (be they EU citizens or not).