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The Dutch law applies to any company doing business in the Netherlands. So it applies to Facebook and Google as well as local Dutch sites, because they have off
by onemorepassword 14y ago
The Dutch law applies to any company doing business in the Netherlands. So it applies to Facebook and Google as well as local Dutch sites, because they have offices here and accept money from Dutch users/advertisers.
It's almost just like in the real world...
(Also, there's plenty of jurisprudence for that when for instance it comes to online gambling.)
- furyg3 14y ago"Doing business" is also complicated. We're a Dutch not-for-profit, running under a US .org domain name, with some servers hosted in Germany, and our visitors come from everywhere. Right now the decision is only to annoy Dutch visitors (based on IP), but I've been waiting to implement it until there is some clarity.
- kintamanimatt 14y agoWhat's the penalty for non-compliance in NL?
- sandcore 14y agoMaximum penalty is a fine of up to around 450.000 euros.