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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by realo on Sunday April 08, 2018 @07:25PM (#16789111)
As a Canadian, if I am also an eCitizen of Estonia, will the GDPR protect me from EU-based companies?

Or do I have to actually _live_ in the EU to be protected?

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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by wll on Sunday April 08, 2018 @08:30PM (#16789375)
As of April 2018, Estonian e-Residency does not grant any right other than access to e-services. [0] It is implausible digital residency programs will ever supersede standard citizenship or residency requirements and procedures.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20180409002346/https://e-residen...

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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by borne0 on Sunday April 08, 2018 @07:44PM (#16789177)
Great question, I'm also Canadian but have European citizenship, maybe I'll be able to use this to get information from my municipal government that I can't get as a Canadian.
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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by juanpicardo on Monday April 09, 2018 @03:04AM (#16790987)
You need to be a resident of the EU to be covered. Also,EU nationals living abroad wont be covered.
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