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I'm pretty sure GDPR applies to any companies with dealings in the EU, or at least to that company's dealings which occur within the EU. Disclaimer: IAANAL

• dheera 6y ago
  You could say that about China as well. China's laws say that you need to censor your search results of certain things. Google and Facebook don't censor. They get banned by the GFW. Plain and simple. The EU can do the same thing and set up their own firewall if they wish to enforce GDPR on foreign websites. The fact that their citizens would revolt over the idea of internet censorship, is irrelevant. The point I'm trying to make is that EU saying "you can't serve X to our citizens" and China saying "you can't serve Y to our citizens" is no different and it's upto them to enforce it within their borders if they wish. The EU doesn't get to play world police any more than China's government does. FWIW baidu.com and tencent.com are both pretty damn GDPR incompliant and the EU isn't doing anything about it. And yes there are Chinese-speaking EU nationals that use these companies' services.
  • vertex-four 6y ago
    You, uhh, you realise that we're stuck with restrictions on what we can do in significantly more important sectors than serving tracking cookies because of the US - like the financial industry - right? There's not a world power in existence which doesn't extend its power in order to attempt to either protect its citizens or protect its tax income.