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A country can't tell foreign citizens how to behave, even if the country (or group of countries, in this case) writes a law saying they can.
According to the Geneva Convention, war crimes have international jurisdiction. This means that a court in, eg, Spain can "tell foreign citizens how to behave"
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According to the Geneva Convention, war crimes have international jurisdiction. This means that a court in, eg, Spain can "tell foreign citizens how to behave"
GDPR isn't a treaty. The US hasn't signed on to it.
More specifically, tuke pointed out the territorial scope of GDPR, and strictnein's response seemed to argue that the underlying premise should be invalid.
My comment was to point to a counter-example that is already widely supported.
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But if they hold and manage data for users who reside in the EU (which they do), then I believe the rules apply too. From what I can gather, if a user in the EU approaches HN and asks for their profile data and posts to be removed, then that falls under the GDPR laws.
Legal jurisdiction does not work that way. Let's say Iran passed a law saying that it's illegal for anyone anywhere in the world to supply alcohol to a citizen of Iran, and that anyone selling alcohol must verify that their customers are citizens of not-Iran. When they attempt to enforce that against a German beer hall, they'll get laughed out of German court. Selling beer to adults is legal in Germany, no matter whe…
Your analogy would be accurate if it went something like that beer garden in Germany decided to start selling beer online, and began taking international orders, including ones from Iran.
Your physical presence on the web is irrelevant. By putting yourself, or your business online, you are subjecting yourself to whatever regulations exist in the place your user is accessing your product.
As stated elsewhere here - enforceability is another topic.