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Does anyone know of US companies implementing GDPR compliance?
The amount of effort being put into GDPR compliance within my organization is just staggering. It really makes me think about these kind of laws from a new perspective, because they cost businesses so much to implement.
(I'm not saying whether GDPR is right or wrong! Just that it's expensive.)
"The extraterritorial nature of these two frameworks..." I've noticed that this is something the EU has tried to do lately, to just sort of push their regulations on the rest of the world. I don't see what sort of authority they'd have to impose this on citizens of other countries. I wonder if Europe pushes the issue, if this will be treated like libel tourism, where US citizens and companies without a Eurpoean nexus…
It's quite simple. If you want to do business in the EU or with people who reside in the EU, you need to comply with the EU's regulations. Don't like it? Don't do business in/with the EU. Then you're free to ignore their frameworks, rules and regulations. They are not trying to "impose their regulations on the rest of the world", they're trying to protect the privacy of their inhabitants. That this leads to measures…
So, should you just start blocking IPs from EU-based citizens?
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It's quite simple. If you want to do business in the EU or with people who reside in the EU, you need to comply with the EU's regulations. Don't like it? Don't do business in/with the EU. Then you're free to ignore their frameworks, rules and regulations. They are not trying to "impose their regulations on the rest of the world", they're trying to protect the privacy of their inhabitants. That this leads to measures…
> Don't like it? Don't do business in/with the EU. Then you're free to ignore their frameworks, rules and regulations. So, should you just start blocking IPs from EU-based citizens?
OTOH it just shows your remaining customers that you're willing to do shitty things to them, as long as America is trailing in privacy legislation.
"The extraterritorial nature of these two frameworks..." I've noticed that this is something the EU has tried to do lately, to just sort of push their regulations on the rest of the world. I don't see what sort of authority they'd have to impose this on citizens of other countries. I wonder if Europe pushes the issue, if this will be treated like libel tourism, where US citizens and companies without a Eurpoean nexus…
It's quite simple. If you want to do business in the EU or with people who reside in the EU, you need to comply with the EU's regulations. Don't like it? Don't do business in/with the EU. Then you're free to ignore their frameworks, rules and regulations. They are not trying to "impose their regulations on the rest of the world", they're trying to protect the privacy of their inhabitants. That this leads to measures…
GDPR is the Paris Climate Accord of the technology world. It is a self-imposed handicap for European/Western (and American, by extension) technology companies that makes engineering and business significantly more complex and expensive. China will never impose such restrictions on her industry. Watch as Western firms continue to accelerate their loss of market share and innovation to communist China.
"The changes that are being made by companies such as Backblaze to comply with GDPR will almost certainly apply to customers from all countries. And that’s a good thing. The protections afforded to EU citizens by GDPR are something all users of our service should benefit from."
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/gdpr-compliance/
Get it? It is shamefull what a couple of technological leeches did to basic human right for their profit, not to mention turning the whole internet into clickbait maze. Stop complaining, it is right thing to do, like it or not.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's quite simple. If you want to do business in the EU or with people who reside in the EU, you need to comply with the EU's regulations. Don't like it? Don't do business in/with the EU. Then you're free to ignore their frameworks, rules and regulations. They are not trying to "impose their regulations on the rest of the world", they're trying to protect the privacy of their inhabitants. That this leads to measures…
If a business decides to opt-out of doing business with the EU as a result, what measures do they need to take? Would a banner asking "Are you an EU citizen? Yes/No" suffice? Or would we have to use some kind of Geo IP tool? How would that defend against EU citizens using a VPN or Tor, and what would a business's liability be in that case?
"The extraterritorial nature of these two frameworks..." I've noticed that this is something the EU has tried to do lately, to just sort of push their regulations on the rest of the world. I don't see what sort of authority they'd have to impose this on citizens of other countries. I wonder if Europe pushes the issue, if this will be treated like libel tourism, where US citizens and companies without a Eurpoean nexus…
How is that different from US pushing their DMCA rules to us Europeans and removing our content from services with legal proof?
Im surprised this place is called "hacker" news and iid actually filled with privacy conscious people but nobody bats an eye about not being able to delete comments. I have to create new accounts every so often to avoid being doxxed by the alt-right.