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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by downandout on Saturday May 05, 2018 @10:21PM (#17004961)
If you follow those steps you have complied with the spirit of the law

The spirit of the law is not the letter of the law. And as we all know, a single violation of the letter of the law can result in fines of up to $20 million.

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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by dvfjsdhgfv on Sunday May 06, 2018 @04:14AM (#17005685)
No, this is not how the law works, at least not in Europe.

While doing business in Europe I sometimes got some things wrong, for example with taxes. I wasn't really punished even once - I just had to pay what was missing and correct the documents, even if the maximum punishment for what I did (or failed to do) was some years in jail.

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