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I don't really understand how a country can ask a website to comply with its laws if the content is not hosted in that country. I guess it could be asked to com
by monkeynotes 8y ago
I don't really understand how a country can ask a website to comply with its laws if the content is not hosted in that country. I guess it could be asked to comply under threat of being blocked in response to non-compliance.
It's such a weird area.
- travmatt 8y agoIf you change ‘website’ to ‘business’ and ‘hosted’ to ‘headquartered’ it’s straightforward and just as accurate.
- thomasahle 8y agoYou could also argue it's like a shoe company based in the US, where UK people are ordering from them and asking them to ship it to the UK, while UK government threats to set up import restrictions.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- Immortalin 8y agoGDPR cough
- bausshf 8y agoGDPR is not issued by a country though, but a commission.