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Its a huge problem for businesses that operate on the internet. It can magically make you subject to all laws worldwide, at once. You cannot comply with them al
by kevin_b_er 7y ago
Its a huge problem for businesses that operate on the internet. It can magically make you subject to all laws worldwide, at once. You cannot comply with them all.
- otterley 7y agoAt least in the U.S., it does not. There's actually a reasonably decent Wikipedia article discussing the case law on the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_jurisdiction_in_Internet_cases_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_jurisdiction_in_Inter...
- mytailorisrich 7y agoThe issue is to think that a single website and a single way of doing business is all you need on the web. But in fact companies like Amazon have customised sites, T&Cs, and procedures for every country they operate in because they have to comply with many different legal systems. But that does not mean that operating a business on the web in a single country makes you liable throughout the world. That being said, accepting a foreign customer might make you liable to the law of that customer's country.