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Probably nothing happens. I doubt they're going to spend time investigating a company that doesn't do any business in Europe, when there's a very long list of b
by dandellion 4y ago
Probably nothing happens. I doubt they're going to spend time investigating a company that doesn't do any business in Europe, when there's a very long list of bigger companies that do operate here and break our privacy and sell our data.
- akuji1993 4y agoIf the company doesn't do any business in Europe it has no users in Europe, therefore it doesn't have to comply with the GDRP at all.
- blibble 4y agoGDPR is extra-territorial and its rights apply to EU citizens wherever they are in the world if a EU user is in the US ON HOLIDAY! and they're using your service, you're subject to the GDPR (in theory)
- buzer 4y agoNo. GDPR isn't tied to citizenship. EU citizens & residents are not covered by GDPR when they are outside of EU unless member state's law applies by virtue of public international law (https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/). A bit more unclear situation is if non-resident is visiting EU and uses services from their home country.
- blibble 4y agolike most EU law it's badly written, but it states "to such data subjects in the Union" given "within the Union" is used separately in the next sub-article to mean physically located within, it's arguable that "in the Union" could mean citizen of