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I don't think it's quite that simple. Ignoring the fact that I'm not in the EU, the company would also have to have some sort of presence in the EU for that to

I don't think it's quite that simple. Ignoring the fact that I'm not in the EU, the company would also have to have some sort of presence in the EU for that to have any effect. And then which company do I send it to? The original one? Or the one they shared my address with and is now spamming me? Presumably the latter, since they are the one sending the spam. But if the initial company shared my email address with that company, they probably shared it with a lot of others, too. And what are the chances someone who has resorted to these sorts of tactics is going to care anyway?

TeMPOraL 6y ago
> he company would also have to have some sort of presence in the EU If you were in the EU, they wouldn't have to have presence in the EU to fall under GDPR. > And then which company do I send it to? Both! One shared your data with a third party without your explicit consent, for non-essential reasons, the other one is processing it without your explicit consent. > And what are the chances someone who has resorted to these sorts of tactics is going to care anyway? Depends. A lot of business do awful stuff for as long as nobody cares enough to start raising fuss about it. Speaking of that, for extra effect, complain about it on Twitter and Facebook, linking relevant companies' public profiles/pages. In general, it seems a lot of companies (particularly non-tech ones) are extremely sensitive about social media posts.
littlestymaar 6y ago
> And what are the chances someone who has resorted to these sorts of tactics is going to care anyway? https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ (And the rules here: https://gdpr.eu/fines/ https://gdpr.eu/fines/)