Re:How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop
by wuliwong on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @03:24PM
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I agree but I think a similar question would be: how would this ever be enforced on a US based company/website where it had a EU visitor. I wrote this in another comment but I think outside of just blocking your site in the EU, they would need a further agreement (or I guess precedent) with the US government to actually enforce a penalty on the US company.
Re:How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop
by kuschku on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @04:19PM
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> but I think outside of just blocking your site in the EU, they would need a further agreement (or I guess precedent) with the US government to actually enforce a penalty on the US company.
The US has given lots of precedent cases for that. The usual approach the US takes is to force the banks the foreign site is operating with to seize all assets. The EU likely would do the same.
The authority they have is that delegated by the sovereign members of the EU, and the fact that the authority of a sovereign power is limited only by its own decisions and it's practical capabilities.
(The US also imposes it's ruled extraterritorially when it feels like it.)