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If you run a website, is "not blocking users from the EU" considered as providing services in the EU? I am genuinely curious because in that case GDPR seems to
by yoz-y 8y ago
If you run a website, is "not blocking users from the EU" considered as providing services in the EU?
I am genuinely curious because in that case GDPR seems to impact many companies disregarding whether they actually do any business here.
- icebraining 8y agoSee my sibling comment. Merely being accessible is in fact not enough to be considered as providing services in the EU.
- belorn 8y agoThere is no simple answer without more context, but if they are not doing any business from those users then the answer is likely no. There are several exceptions for normal operation of running a public website on the Internet.
- johannes1234321 8y agoIf you offer a Czech or Polish translation, probably: yes If you offer a French or Spanish translation: maybe If you run ads in Germany: certainly If you advertise accepting Euro: most likely If you embedded ads from an ad network which sends localised ads to Europeans: most likely When having a site reporting news on local events in an African municipality most likely not. There is no clear line, as writing that down is impossible and always requires judgement. Also the question is whether EU can enforce it. If you have no European subsidiary and live abroad there is little they can do.