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The E.U. has no legal authority or enforcement mechanism to stop foreign, online companies from not doing business in the E.U.
by eksu 8y ago
The E.U. has no legal authority or enforcement mechanism to stop foreign, online companies from not doing business in the E.U.
- TomK32 8y agoIt's NOT about stopping them from doing business, it's about businesses taking personal data more serious. E.g. the right to be forgotten, EU has it US doesn't. sanctions when you forget to disclose a massive data-leak on your private escort website? $0 in the US, hopefully very expensive in the EU. Your nemesis publishes lies on the net? EU helps you have that deleted. Your supermarket tracks your shopping and knows you are pregnant before you do (this happened in the UK!), won't happen anymore in the EU. Shady Sunshine Ltd bought your email address and purchase data to spam you, bad and expensive for them. facebook won't allow you to continue unless you agree to face-recognition? This might be the first case in courts. Wait and see for the good sides once the panic has quieted down.
- gizmo686 8y agoThats all well and good. However, if a company chooses not to do bussiness in the EU, then it does not matter what the GDPR says; even if the mechanism they use to block the EU violates the GDPR.