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> So do American constitutional protections apply to Americans living in France? I'm no expert, but I thought on the whole the constitution has nothing to do w
by isostatic 9y ago
> So do American constitutional protections apply to Americans living in France?
I'm no expert, but I thought on the whole the constitution has nothing to do with citizens -- it's a list of rules that the US government must follow. It certainly has no hold over the German government.
> This idea that EU citizens are protected worldwide is just ridiculous. EU jurisdiction doesn’t extend beyond the EU.
If you, as someone who breaks the conditions in the GDPR, have nothing to do with the EU, then you're fine.
However the GDPR applies to you, an American citizen in America who's never been to the EU, just as the DMCA applied to Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian citizen who had never been to the U.S.
- briandear 9y agoCharges against Sklyarov were dropped due to jurisdiction. Your example proved my point. And actually he DID visit the US; that’s where he was arrested.
- isostatic 9y agoSo an American can be expected to be arrested on arrival in Paris on holiday because the company they work for ignores the provisions of the GDPR Sklyarov charges were dropped in a typical american plea-bargain "Mr. Sklyarov agreed to cooperate with the United States in its ongoing prosecution of Mr. Sklyarov’s former employer, Elcomsoft Co., Ltd. Mr. Skylarov will be required to appear at trial and testify truthfully, and he will be deposed in the matter. For its part, the United States agreed to defer prosecution of Mr. Sklyarov until the conclusion of the case against Elcomsoft or for one year, whichever is longer. Mr. Sklyarov will be permitted to return to Russia in the meantime, but will be subject to the Court’s supervision, including regularly reporting by telephone to the Pretrial Services Department" I see nothing about jurisdiction there. The US has pushed the world around for along time, the world is pushing back.