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Or for some websites, simply ignore the EU regulations. You can ignore other countries laws. You don't have to bow down to the EU. Edit I don't get why peopl
by paulie_a 8y ago
Or for some websites, simply ignore the EU regulations.
You can ignore other countries laws. You don't have to bow down to the EU.
Edit I don't get why people hate this, but it is a reality.
- narag 8y agoI didn't downvote you, but I guess the problem they see is that it's not practical for any company that sells products or ads to EU countries.
- paulie_a 8y agoFor most websites outside of the EU that is of no concern. For some reason every website that will never do business there seems to be concerned about the EU regulations. A large portion of the internet will never have to comply.
- raverbashing 8y ago> A large portion of the internet will never have to comply. Most sites are out of the scope of the regulation
- paulie_a 8y agoEven if those that are in scope of the regulation they are not in the jurisdiction, so the regulations can be ignored.
- jhasse 8y agoNot if they want to target Europeans.
- paulie_a 8y agoAgain that is my point, most companies don't. The small amount that do will have to. There is a huge amount of companies that will never target Europe. They will never do business or have a presence there. The regulations are irrelevant for them. I've noticed this persistent attitude that somehow eu regulations are globally applicable, in reality they are not.
- raverbashing 8y agoA lot of the GDPR hysteria is from sites that are not located in Europe and do not target people from there (HENCE not subject to the regulation; which hasn't helped with all the BS "Unavailable for legal reasons" or similar knee-jerk reactions) No, your local news site won't get fined by the EU
- interesthrow2 8y ago> Or for some websites, simply ignore the EU regulations. They'll be fined millions of not billions. The interest will add up on the fine if they don't pay, then assets will be ceased. This isn't a reasonable way to do business in Europe. Either follow the law or effectively shut down.
- gjs278 8y agolol come and take it. I don’t live in europe and you’ll never be able to enforce any of your fines.
- patrickmcnamara 8y agoThis is the dumbest position a company could possibly take.
- MistahKoala 8y agoPaying ransoms (especially for organisations outside of the respective jurisdiction) isn't?
- jhasse 8y agoI guess there sureley will be employees who want to continue traveling to Europe at some point in their lives.
- raverbashing 8y agoI'm forgetting the legal terms here, but this is not a direct legislation by the EU, rather, every country "should" individually draft legislation corresponding to it.
- matthewheath 8y agoIt's called a Directive. [1] -- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(European_Union) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(European_Union)