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If you have no presence in the EU, why should you care about the GDPR? My website contains jokes that will get me imprisoned in some countries, but I don't bloc
by sshine 8y ago
If you have no presence in the EU, why should you care about the GDPR? My website contains jokes that will get me imprisoned in some countries, but I don't block access to those countries since their legislation does not apply.
- RobertRoberts 8y agoBecause those countries have not announced to the world that will sue you in court if one of their citizens reads your jokes. The GDPR has done this. I "believe" this law was intended to be a big hammer on the data brokers of the world, but the little fish often get the focus after the big fish are all caught. Even if they aren't the original target. If you haven't looked up the law, you should do so. It states emphatically and clearly, you having a business presence in the EU is irrelevant to this law.
- candiodari 8y agoThis is, of course, untested and a huge grab of authority. Just imagine what would happen if China did this. Or if Saudi Arabia did it. "Any woman driving anywhere in the world can be stoned to death", I'm sure there's quite a few islamic clerics dreaming of the day it happens. The thing to see is that this law, enforced internationally, has about the same level of realism that those clerics have.