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This is not true. Just read the regulation. It's pretty clear that unless you're located in the EU or you're pursuing EU residents then the GDPR does not apply
by dnomad 8y ago
This is not true. Just read the regulation. It's pretty clear that unless you're located in the EU or you're pursuing EU residents then the GDPR does not apply to you. Logically, it should be clear that the GDPR cannot apply to any business who an EU citizen stumbles upon and decides to buy something. The entire motivation of the GDPR is to prevent surveillance of EU residents with respect to their actions in the Union.
- Geekette 8y agoMechanisms of enforcement is another discussion but the regulation clearly asserts the scope of data protection as global; it's applicable to all foreign companies processing data of EU residents, whether the companies are based in the EU or not.
- Sylos 8y agoIt is true. Article 3.2 reads: This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to: - the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; or - the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union.