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Does anyone know what the ramifications are for other EU countries, legally? They get the fine because they've broken French law, but that French law (I think?)
by Vinnl 5y ago
Does anyone know what the ramifications are for other EU countries, legally? They get the fine because they've broken French law, but that French law (I think?) exists as an implementation of EU law. If they now update their dialogs in France but not in, say, the Netherlands, can a Dutch court/data protection agency refer to this decision?
- codeptualize 5y ago(Disclaimer I'm not an expert) Afaik the different data protection agencies cooperate, meaning they can join in, and compliance means compliance in the whole union. See: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-60-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-60-gdpr/ Point 10: "...the controller or processor shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the decision as regards processing activities in the context of all its establishments in the Union". But I'm not a lawyer so I might be understanding that wrongly.
- richardwhiuk 5y agoEU regulations (such as GDPR) are implemented by nations passing/updating their own laws.
- detaro 5y agoNo. Regulations are directly applying law (they regulate things). Directives are implemented by member state law (they direct member state law towards a common goal)
- Vinnl 5y agoI did not know that this distinction was between regulations and directives, thanks for sharing. Assuming this is the result of GDPR, the R being "regulation", then it seems that this automatically holds in the entire EU.