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It is context based. In the case at hand, I think it is fairly clear that the Eve corp wants users from Europe, since otherwise other corps which take users fro

It is context based. In the case at hand, I think it is fairly clear that the Eve corp wants users from Europe, since otherwise other corps which take users from Europe would out compete them. I'm not an Eve player, but my understanding is that you want your corp to be as large as possible to produce certain ships/stations? Other contexts, like a company offering investments to US based startups is unlikely to be seen as offering services to European residents even if Europeans can create accounts there. As to jurisdiction, you can always sit in your home country and ignore any rulings against you from other countries so long as you are sure that your own country will not extradite you for such a thing (I am confident that Canada would not extradite a Canadian residence for such a thing). Just don't ever try to cross the border into a European country.

isostatic 8y ago
America set the precedent with arresting foreign nationals for breaching US laws while on foreign territory with Dmitry Sklyarov
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > America set the precedent with arresting foreign nationals for breaching US laws while on foreign territory with Dmitry Sklyarov It set the precedent for arresting foreign national for breaching US laws while on foreign territory considerably before Sklyarov's arrest in 2001; some notable prior examples include Humberto Alvarez Machain (1985) and Manuel Noriega (1989), though they weren't the earliest, either. Insofar as Sklyarov's case was notable, it was more because the charged offenses were completely legal where they occurred, not because they were allegedly committed by a foreign national outside of the US.
  - isostatic 8y ago
    In which case Americans who haven't broken American law by ignoring GDPR requests from their EU clients should not be surprised if they are arrested if they ever go to Europe.
    - dragonwriter 8y ago
      AFAIK, GDPR is a regulation with civil financial penalties, and not a criminal law, so, yes, anyone should be surprised if they are arrested for violating it.
      - isostatic 8y ago
        If you don't pay those penalties though then you'd be in trouble

isostatic 8y ago

America set the precedent with arresting foreign nationals for breaching US laws while on foreign territory with Dmitry Sklyarov

dragonwriter 8y ago
> America set the precedent with arresting foreign nationals for breaching US laws while on foreign territory with Dmitry Sklyarov It set the precedent for arresting foreign national for breaching US laws while on foreign territory considerably before Sklyarov's arrest in 2001; some notable prior examples include Humberto Alvarez Machain (1985) and Manuel Noriega (1989), though they weren't the earliest, either. Insofar as Sklyarov's case was notable, it was more because the charged offenses were completely legal where they occurred, not because they were allegedly committed by a foreign national outside of the US.
- isostatic 8y ago
  In which case Americans who haven't broken American law by ignoring GDPR requests from their EU clients should not be surprised if they are arrested if they ever go to Europe.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    AFAIK, GDPR is a regulation with civil financial penalties, and not a criminal law, so, yes, anyone should be surprised if they are arrested for violating it.
    - isostatic 8y ago
      If you don't pay those penalties though then you'd be in trouble