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If I'm not mistaking if your site operates in the EU as in it's accessible from the EU, you have to comply with GDPR. It's the reason I can't read some American
by ciupicri 4y ago
If I'm not mistaking if your site operates in the EU as in it's accessible from the EU, you have to comply with GDPR. It's the reason I can't read some American websites. The infamous:
> Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market.
- counttheforks 4y agoThis, and also ycombinator has investments in the EU
- denton-scratch 4y agoBeing accessible from the EU doesn't make your business subject to EU law. The EU doesn't claim universal jurisdiction. Those US newspaper sites you can't access: well, you can access them via archive.org.
- manuelmoreale 4y agoFrom this point of view, can the entire freedom of speech in the US be solved if a company simply moves the headquarters to the EU because at that point US laws no longer apply? > Being accessible from the EU doesn't make your business subject to EU law. The EU doesn't claim universal jurisdiction. Collecting data related to EU individuals does make you subject to the specific GDPR law though, unless I'm mistaken.