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> Yet if a Belgian citizen in Belgium visits my US server they are protected by GDPR? No, not if you and your server have no EU presence. There might be other
by rascul 3y ago
> Yet if a Belgian citizen in Belgium visits my US server they are protected by GDPR?
No, not if you and your server have no EU presence. There might be other reasons to comply, though.
- andruby 3y agoYes they are. If a US company provides a service to a EU citizen, they must comply with EU regulations. If an EU company provides a service to a US citizen they must comply with US regulations (eg Sales Tax, etc)
- rascul 3y agoWhat you describe would be one of the "other reasons to comply" that I mentioned, where the EU can affect you and/or your business if you don't comply. Additional context was not provided so I made no assumptions. An example: I don't have any legal obligation to the GDPR for my (hypothetical) US based blog as a US citizen, regardless of who visits it. But if I want to sell a t-shirt from the site, potentially to people in EU, failure to comply may result in the EU taking action to prevent me from doing business in the EU.