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More importantly, what would the regulators do - your not in their country, have no company in their jurisdiction to fine, and you don't really care if they fir

More importantly, what would the regulators do - your not in their country, have no company in their jurisdiction to fine, and you don't really care if they fire-wall you out of country (you're us only, right?), your dns registration and infrastructure are all presumably US based.. So, I've always wondered what they would do? yell at you harshly ?

colejohnson66 6y ago
I could imagine that if you’re a big enough player, they’ll just arrest one of your executives if they ever travel into the EU. Like what happened with Canada and the Huawei CFO.
filleokus 6y ago
Probably nothing. Especially since GDPR isn't enforced that heavily. But I also understand why US companies are doing this. It's kinda like when my dad got parking and speeding tickets sent home from a foreign country. Most likely nothing would happen if he didn't pay them, but you never know when you want to go back to holiday in $country, and the border agent sees them in your "permanent record". It's at least imaginable that the EU _could_ do something similar, ask for a fine and if not dealt with, the company (or even worse directors of the company) getting some kind of dent in the proverbial permanent record. (I'm not saying that it's likely, but if EU visitors aren't a big user base for your local regional news paper, I see why it's so tempting to just check the "Block EU visitors" checkbox.)
- soco 6y ago
  EU _does_ that. At least for speeding fines.
Izkata 6y ago
> So, I've always wondered what they would do? yell at you harshly ? Downvoters (not necessarily you): This question is why I made sure to quote the paragraph, rather than just link it. "It does" is the lawmakers intent, regardless of feasibility in enforcing it. Avoiding the question entirely is why various sites have decided to block EU access.

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More importantly, what would the regulators do - your not in their country, have no company in their jurisdiction to fine, and you don't really care if they fir

by mech422 6y ago

colejohnson66 6y ago
I could imagine that if you’re a big enough player, they’ll just arrest one of your executives if they ever travel into the EU. Like what happened with Canada and the Huawei CFO.
filleokus 6y ago
Probably nothing. Especially since GDPR isn't enforced that heavily. But I also understand why US companies are doing this. It's kinda like when my dad got parking and speeding tickets sent home from a foreign country. Most likely nothing would happen if he didn't pay them, but you never know when you want to go back to holiday in $country, and the border agent sees them in your "permanent record". It's at least imaginable that the EU _could_ do something similar, ask for a fine and if not dealt with, the company (or even worse directors of the company) getting some kind of dent in the proverbial permanent record. (I'm not saying that it's likely, but if EU visitors aren't a big user base for your local regional news paper, I see why it's so tempting to just check the "Block EU visitors" checkbox.)
- soco 6y ago
  EU _does_ that. At least for speeding fines.
Izkata 6y ago
> So, I've always wondered what they would do? yell at you harshly ? Downvoters (not necessarily you): This question is why I made sure to quote the paragraph, rather than just link it. "It does" is the lawmakers intent, regardless of feasibility in enforcing it. Avoiding the question entirely is why various sites have decided to block EU access.