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They require every founder to come to the US and register as a US company. That's not particularly touching it.
by Mononokay 8y ago
They require every founder to come to the US and register as a US company. That's not particularly touching it.
- xg15 8y agoUnless they IP ban the whole of the EU, they will still be subject to the GDPR once any EU citizen accesses their site. (Which, agreeing with AmericanChopper, is a purely theoretical thing - until the moment where YC wants to conduct any kind of business in the EU)
- icebraining 8y agoSimply being accessible from the EU does not automatically mean the GDPR applies to a site. See Recital 23: https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-23/ https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-23/
- xg15 8y agoAh, that's a fair point, I didn't see that.
- nl 8y ago“Not touching the EU” is a meaningless phrase. If they raise money from any limited partners in the EU it’s pretty easy to make a case they have an EU business. The physical location is irrelevant - that’s the whole point of the GDPR.