> It doesn't; it applies to EU residents. Your non-EU business is free to do whatever it wants, but as soon as you do business with EU residents EU law applies.

> It doesn't; it applies to EU residents. Your non-EU business is free to do whatever it wants, but as soon as you do business with EU residents EU law applies. See, you say it only applies to EU residents, but that isn't the case. The real issue is where you say but as soon as you do business with EU residents EU law applies., and, well, that's just nonsense. I have a US site. I can operate my business any way I like as long as I don't break any Federal or State laws, and I can break every single EU law that doesn't have an equivalent US law. The EU can't touch me. EU law doesn't apply to me, even if I advertise the hell out of my site to try and attract as many EU citizens as possible. All the Eu can do is firewall me off, prosecute me if I come to the Eu and police or punish its citizens. > This is more or less how it works everywhere (with some exceptions). It's really not. The EUs claim of global jurisdiction is unique and a first. There may have been loosely similar things, but nothing quite like this. > But not because "EU laws apply globally". You should inform the EU they should correct their legislation then.