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It applies to all EU citizens, no matter where your operations are based. It would make sense though for most companies to just treat everybody as an EU citizen

It applies to all EU citizens, no matter where your operations are based. It would make sense though for most companies to just treat everybody as an EU citizen for GDPR. Unless apparently you're Facebook and don't want to...

trevyn 9y ago
Ok, so I’m a US entity without EU presence and I violate EU law. Explain how this would impact me?
- cjbprime 9y ago
  Maybe they can't enforce against you now, but maybe you have investors and they balk at an EU judgement against you, or maybe you plan to one day expand to the EU and now you can't.
- dyu 9y ago
  Maybe something like Privacy Shield[0]. Granted, if you were not in US or EU, then it may be harder. [0] https://www.privacyshield.gov https://www.privacyshield.gov
- singularity2001 9y ago
  we will try to extradite you and you will have to seek asylum in an Ecuadorian embassy.
- unicornporn 9y ago
  > without EU presence If you offer no services that will be used by citizens of the EU, you can just carry on.