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I guess if you have a company that is completely isolated from the EU, you just ignore EU fines. But is that the case with Disqus? They are collecting marketi
by myfavoritedog 5y ago
I guess if you have a company that is completely isolated from the EU, you just ignore EU fines.
But is that the case with Disqus? They are collecting marketing information on citizens of the EU. Who is buying that information? I would assume that Disqus does business with EU companies that want that information. Either that, or they do business with other international companies that do business with EU companies.
At some point, Disqus is probably trapped within a graph that connects them and their legal obligations to the EU.
- cpncrunch 5y agoThis is Norway, not the EU. Norway just happened to implement an EU law.
- celsoazevedo 5y agoThey are part of the European Economic Area (EEA)[0] and have to adopt a lot of the European Union law[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area#Rights_and_obligations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area#Rights_...
- remus 5y ago> I guess if you have a company that is completely isolated from the EU, you just ignore EU fines. Ignoring legitimate fines seems like a pretty bad idea. I think most countries have law to the effect that the directors of the company being fined are liable, so if you skip those fines then one of the directors goes on holiday to that country then they could be sent to prison.