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If he lives in Germany, and they mistakenly changed his location to Malaysia, I understand his complaint. But, you can't just say "I want you to treat me as tho
by karaterobot 5y ago
If he lives in Germany, and they mistakenly changed his location to Malaysia, I understand his complaint. But, you can't just say "I want you to treat me as though I lived in a different country than I do, because I prefer their laws on this particular subject".
Granted, I wish Google's approach to privacy was better all around, but given that they want to gobble up as much data as possible, and we all know about that by now, I am not as confused by their approach here as I am by the author's reaction.
- codegladiator 5y ago> you can't just say "I want you to treat me as though I lived in a different country than I do, because I prefer their laws on this particular subject why not ?
- anonymousab 5y agoBecause the laws of the country you are in dictate how Google must treat you as a customer or user, and not your preference of how you'd like them to treat you.
- ISL 5y agoThere is a subtlety here, due to Google's scale. If I sign up with a small company based in, say, Chile, all of my information is likely to be stored there or at least governed by Chile's laws no matter where I am in the world. The author of this article appears to have engaged with Google on the terms presented in Germany but is accessing Google services from Malaysia. The difference is that Google has a more-substantial presence in Malaysia and is hence more-beholden to Malaysia's laws. Our hero's ability to choose to interact with a first-class service while being treated as a German while abroad has been substantially degraded.
- Skunkleton 5y agoMany laws apply to citizens of a country, no matter where they are. Is GDPR applicable to EU citizens regardless of where they happen to be?
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoNo, it only applies to residents of the EU: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/