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> stop doing business in countries that have bad laws like this That's not how GDPR works. Any EU citizen, regardless of residence is covered. There's no real
by phamilton 8y ago
> stop doing business in countries that have bad laws like this
That's not how GDPR works. Any EU citizen, regardless of residence is covered. There's no real way around it.
- stale2002 8y agoSure there is! The way of "getting around it" is to block all traffic coming from certain countries. Sure, they might sue you anyway, but just imagine how many tens of billions of dollars in damages would be caused to European countries if Google or Facebook started blocking all traffic going into and out of these countries. There would be huge negative political consequences, that the citizens of these countries would not stand for. Also, it doesn't matter if they sue you, if your company is entirely based in the US. american companies don't worry that it is illegal to be gay in Saudi Arabia, so I see little reason why they would worry about bad laws in Europe. But anyway this is completely irrelevant to the topic of conversation, which is barriers to entry in the tech industry. And in order to fight these barriers to entry, I will defect, and sabotage any unions that try to do this, at every step of the way.