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Is this true only in the US? Or can Facebook argue that the settlement with the FTC effectively indemnifies them across other jurisdictions? I remember there be
by rikroots 7y ago
Is this true only in the US? Or can Facebook argue that the settlement with the FTC effectively indemnifies them across other jurisdictions? I remember there being something about courts in different countries respecting each other's rulings, but not sure how such an argument would play in (for example) the EU.
- slim 7y agoit's true only in us
- mirimir 7y agoBut then GDPR is effective only in the EU. At some point, wouldn't it be simpler to have the same policies globally? Or is that too simpleminded?
- jacquesm 7y agoPity to see this downvoted. That's called 'harmonization'. It is one of the bits that makes copyright law such a powerful law because the Berne convention synchronized a whole pile of stuff in a very large chunk of the world. Similar activity tends to occur in neighboring countries with respect to tax law to avoid capital flight.
- mirimir 7y agoI was thinking more of the arguably disproportionate impact that California auto-emission limits have had in the overall US market. As I understand it, it would cost too much to produce multiple state-specific versions. So the high-population state with the lowest limits effectively sets the US standard. But maybe that doesn't apply as much to online stuff. Because marginal cost isn't so sensitive to volume.
- slim 7y agoGDPR is effective only in the EU. If you don't do business in EU, you can ignore it.