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Re:GDPR and Google Analytics by doikor on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:05AM (#16263677)
> And even if you do require payment, if you don't have a physical nexus in the EU, it's unclear what exactly the EU can do?

You need an EU VAT ID to accepts payments from EU citizens. So they will revoke that and then you can't accept payments from EU.

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Re:GDPR and Google Analytics by tatersolid on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @08:59AM (#16265277)
> You need an EU VAT ID to accepts payments from EU citizens.

This was mentioned before: No, you don’t.

Millions of business around the world accept transactions from EU citizens every day without collecting any VAT or having any relationship with the EU.

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