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They apply equally to EU companies as US companies. They're very much not a trade tariff. Actually US companies have an advantage as it's much easier for them
by radicalbyte 4y ago
They apply equally to EU companies as US companies. They're very much not a trade tariff.
Actually US companies have an advantage as it's much easier for them to just ignore the laws / they have certain ways of getting around the laws that do not apply to EU companies.
- AmericanChopper 4y agoGo look at the enforcement statistics and tell me again how equally they apply. Even if you presume there is no enforcement bias whatsoever, it’s still going to act as a trade tariff due to the enormous trade deficit the EU has in regards to digital services.
- radicalbyte 4y agoOK I have experience here: US companies are far more likely to break the law. It's extremely hard to get US based CTOs in particular to understand the GDPR, they literally ignore it. Then stuff happens and they get in trouble. What makes it worse: the GDPR itself is a great example of cultural differences: Americans are happy to eat bleached chicken and for all of their lives and personal data be there to make big companies lots of money. Europeans very much do not think like that. Which is good, different strokes for different folks.
- cccbbbaaa 4y agoWhich is to be expected: GDPR basically is a harmonisation of the various privacy laws that existed in various member states before.