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The US and EU have a good relationship. The EU can (probably will) use international law to hold you accountable and the US is likely to comply. EDIT: you is
by khamoud 8y ago
The US and EU have a good relationship. The EU can (probably will) use international law to hold you accountable and the US is likely to comply.
EDIT: you is the hypothetical you. If the EU targets you then they will use international law to do so.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoHa. You’re insane if you think that the US Congress is going to start letting 28 agencies in the EU start fining small businesses that have no EU presence whatsoever. The political ads write themselves.
- khamoud 8y agoI guess the question is what does the EU value more, privacy or their relationship with the US? I don't have an answer but I suppose we'll find out soon enough.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoI have an answer: no way is the EU going to cut ties with the US over this, and no way is the US going to let the EU trample their national sovereignty by letting regulators start fining small businesses with no US presence because some EU citizen sent their data INTO the US. That’s ludicrous.
- bcoates 8y agoEnforcement in practice is almost certain to be "at the edge" with things like payment processors and ad networks that have direct business operations in the EU and are easy to demand third-party compliance from. If you literally don't do any business with EU entities, even at arm's length, enforcement is going to be impractical and unlikely.
- khamoud 8y agoI also believe this. If you run a side project by yourself and you don't target EU users directly, but might have a few, it most likely won't be worth the effort to actually follow through on enforcement. However, that seems like a very arbitrary line and governments love to waste money.
- lajhsdfkl 8y agoIf you plan on doing business with EU entities at any point in the future there could be risk
- dageshi 8y agoyeah.... that's gonna happen
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