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Well, as it turns out, it's your problem. Like, literally :) Only if the EU can enforce it, which they can’t. I don’t pay attention to laws from other countries that don’t apply to me and have no teeth, and I’ll ignore this one as well, until there’s some enforcement mechanism. At that point I’ll evaluate. I’d probably just block the EU though; not worth the hassle.
>not worth the hassle There you get it. If your business is not profitable when you respect the privacy preferences of your users you simply don't do business. It's not your god given right to violate user's privacy so that you can turn a profit. In other words, if you can't make a profit by selling 1$ burgers when you meet hygiene requirements just get out of the 1$ burger business. No need for hard feelings.
This is a false dichotomy:
1. Fully comply with the GDPR, no matter the cost, even if that's just legal and administrative because you're not actually doing anything in terms of data practices that would violate the law.
2. Go out of business, because you clearly are intending to do shady things that violate user privacy.
if you can't make a profit by selling 1$ burgers when you meet hygiene requirements just get out of the 1$ burger business
Perfect example.
Say I run a burger shop that is perfectly clean and in compliance with all local laws, but the EU passes a law that says I need to fully audit all my food safety practices, publish them in a public place with their format, appoint a food safety rep in the EU, and comply with other vague requirements that they deem necessary, just in case an EU citizen visiting the US comes and eats at my shop.
Now, if I ignore that, am I "breaking the law"? I guess so. Just like I might be breaking some Indian law by serving beef at all (hypothetical). But does it actually matter? Can the law be enforced? Should I care as a matter of civic duty? Very likely not.
Worse, should the entire citizenry of the EU suddenly decide that my small town burger shop in Iowa clearly intends to feed every customer tainted beef and deserves their opprobrium and any fines that can possibly be levied by the EU, just because I didn't fully comply with their law?
And if they do develop some enforcement mechanism to use against small town USA burger shop, how is it not my right to put up a sign that says "Sorry, EU customers, but please don't eat here, as I don't comply with your laws"? Is your argument seriously that I should comply with every law from every jurisdiction in the world, just because a customer from that jurisdiction might wander into my shop, even when I've expressly told them not to?