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He's right though, the EU can do nothing in that case. Quite literally nothing. There is no law to abide because you don't "care" about it and there are no cons

• Zurrrrr 4y ago
  Yup, that's the whole point. The Deloitte page I linked to gives a Chinese web store located in China with no EU presence as an example. It's bonkers that the EU thinks they can enforce their laws in a situation like that. But then, that's why it hasn't been tested. It's basically a 'feel good' law with no teeth (at least the extraterritorial aspects).
  • th18row 4y ago
    That's correct, there'no possible enforcement. I think the beaurocrats in the EU don't even know what they are doing with most of the policies or "fines" they try to impose. It will drive Europe to a sort of digital isolationism where offshore companies will either a) dismiss and continue b) cease operations there.
    • PrimeMcFly 4y ago
      > I think the beaurocrats in the EU don't even know what they are doing with most of the policies or "fines" they try to impose. I think it's like I said, it's a lot of "feel good" laws. > It will drive Europe to a sort of digital isolationism where offshore companies will either a) dismiss and continue b) cease operations there. I think it's more likely the US adopts a softer version of the GDPR, and it will be the EU and the US and the Commonwealth countries vs pretty much other more restricted Internet 'islands'. I really hope we have a working decentralized alternative before that happens. It's something I want to start contributing to later this year, because I think it really needs to be a priority.