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Doesn’t GDPR apply to EU citizens, regardless of geography? I know that at my place of work, I have to get consent from EU citizens to email them, even if we ar
by jsizzle 7y ago
Doesn’t GDPR apply to EU citizens, regardless of geography?
I know that at my place of work, I have to get consent from EU citizens to email them, even if we are talking in the US
- gbear605 7y agoLegally it does
- Godel_unicode 7y agoFrom the privacy policy: "If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland, with respect to transfers to the U.S. of certain personal information collected in connection with your use of Samsung Smart TVs, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and its subsidiary Samsung Research America, Inc. are certified under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, respectively, regarding the transfer of certain personal information from the EEA and Switzerland to the U.S."
- mr_toad 7y agoWhich basically means that Samsung pinkie swears that they won’t do anything bad, and the EU is powerless to do anything anyway.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoI don't understand how this works. If you're not in the EU, the EU doesn't have jurisdiction, period. They can say whatever they want but it doesn't mean anything. I'm sure China would love to enforce their laws worldwide too, but it doesn't work that way.
- misnome 7y agoTell that to the US and US tax laws
- big_chungus 7y agoThose are enforceable via extradition treaty because tax evasion is a crime in every nation in the world; if you want to extradite someone, the act in question must usually be a crime in both nations. The GDPR imposes regulations which have not parallels in other nations, so extradition is not an option. The Europeans are, however, free to arrest those who enter their nations, so it's still worth following for most people.
- codedokode 7y agoIn case with Samsung, EU authorities can forbid selling their products in EU.
- baq 7y agoChina does try and succeed, I’d like to remind you of the NBA fiasco and the Blizzard catastrophe.
- wang_li 7y agoIf you want to do business in, or travel to, the EU, then you obey their laws. You’re free to ignore the GDPR but don’t be surprised if they arrest you if you ever visit.