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I don't completely understand what gives them the right to do so - legislation are still in place, GDPR & the rest are included.
by pmlnr 7y ago
I don't completely understand what gives them the right to do so - legislation are still in place, GDPR & the rest are included.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 7y agoGDPR only applies to EU residents, doesn't it?
- ollie87 7y agoUK citzens are still EU residents for now, the UK hasn't actually left yet.
- vechagup 7y agoThe EU disagrees: https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries_en#28members https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries_en#28mem.... The UK may still be following some of the EU's rules, but they have officially left the union.
- pmlnr 7y agoYeah, the UK didn't fell out of the EU. There's a transition period that just started and right now, there's basically no change yet.
- throwaway237654 7y agoThe UK is planning to leave the EU, so Google is planning to treat UK accounts as not part of the EU. I don't see what is difficult to understand about this.
- Symbiote 7y agoThe word "now". The UK is following EU rules and regulations at least until the end of the year. After that point, it can pick and choose, based on negotiations for trade agreements or whatever other reason pleases it.
- addedlovely 7y agoNot sure why you are being down voted for this - we ratified GDPR under UK law, the UK Data Protection act of 2018 - until that law is repealed GPDR still applies under my understanding.
- takeda 7y agoThey might be simply preparing for that eventuality, and when the law changes they can quickly react. Apparently in the e-mail that the users got, they are claiming that nothing privacy wise will change, and that might indeed be true for now. I think that also breaking the law might be easier. EU might not bother anymore penalizing them for a member that's already leaving, and UK alone will have very little force imposing penalties on an US corporation.