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Yes, the European Commission will collaborate with international governments to impose fines.
by femboy 4y ago
Yes, the European Commission will collaborate with international governments to impose fines.
- knaekhoved 4y agoWhich international governments? Why would the US agree to impose an EU fine, and under what legal basis?
- akuji1993 4y agoWhy would European countries extradite american criminals to the US? Because we established a trust in each other and want to keep it that way for both sides benefits.
- eldaisfish 4y agothis is a poor comparison. Extradition treaties exist and contain specific legal obligations. It is not based on trust and there are several pairs of countries that do not have specific extradition treaties.
- xphx 4y ago> treaties [...] not based on trust How are these treaties enforced? All international treaties are ultimately based on trust. There is no higher authority, only elective councils of and voluntary commitment to procedures (a.k.a. promises) by sovereign states. Specifically not even these formal promises have been given by e.g. the United States of America which to this day has signed but never ratified either the VCLT[1] or the VCLTIO[2], so is figuratively giving a lukewarm "let's see about the convenience of that when it comes up". 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_the_Law_of_Treaties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_the_Law_o... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_the_Law_of_Treaties_between_States_and_International_Organizations_or_Between_International_Organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_the_Law_o...
- JaredLee 4y agoNo, they will not. If you're a company with a substantial enough userbase in their country to be investigated under their regulations, then failing to follow them and/or ignoring fines will most likely result in them preventing your services from being accessed in their country.