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Even though that's a personal risk you're willing to take, it might not be one everyone else is willing to. One might question a law that asks everyone to take
by kodablah 8y ago
Even though that's a personal risk you're willing to take, it might not be one everyone else is willing to. One might question a law that asks everyone to take risks (or pay/pray for peace of mind).
- Tomte 8y agoThere are many other laws where you‘re taking risks. Maybe you‘re violating some US securities statute? Maybe you‘re violating some German accounting rule? Why haven‘t all those doomsayers closed down their businesses long before the GDPR?
- kodablah 8y agoI mean, technically I'm taking a risk when I step out of my house every day. So why ever walk? There are varying degrees to which people see laws as affecting them. Small business tech owners, when a law says they have work to do, are going to feel affected. If there was a securities or accounting law that felt similarly overreaching one could expect a similar reaction. This is especially true if there is an alternative (locking out markets) that is easier. It's not helpful to try and compare the situations. It's also not fair to consider people weighing the costs of these laws as doomsayers. They aren't closing down their business, they're just restricting it to more business-friendly environments in their view.
- Tomte 8y agoThere is hardly anything more overreaching than US tax, securities and accounting law. People in other parts of the world have gotten used to that. As a current example, see US threats re: European business with Iran. Even if the GDPR were overreaching (and I vigorously dispute that notion), it would simply be a taste of America‘s own medicine.