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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by dguest on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:06PM (#15961660)
What's the alternative? You comply with the laws in your country of choice?
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by hartator on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:23PM (#15962509)
Comply with the laws where you based at. Other countries can't enforce their laws just because you communicate with their residents.
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by PeterisP on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:47PM (#15963520)
Well, that's not true - they certainly can, and (as in this case) are going to, the EU GDPR restrictions on personal data privacy (starting from May 2018) will affect many, many non-EU companies, starting from the largest global ones.

Perhaps you meant to say that other countries shouldn't enforce their laws just because you communicate with their residents?

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