GDPR: Removing Monal from the EU

Re:GDPR: Removing Monal from the EU by jdietrich on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:53PM (#17096329)

Because European courts and regulatory authorities are not run by gibbering morons. The Data Protection Directive was materially similar to the GDPR and was enforced by the same supervisory authorities. The DPD gave member states total discretion as to the level of fines, with no upper limit. I have found no evidence whatsoever of irrationally large or unreasonable fines under the DPD.

You could be breaking the law in any number of countries. What steps are you taking to comply with the laws of Saudi Arabia or North Korea?

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Re:GDPR: Removing Monal from the EU by fencepost on Thursday May 17, 2018 @07:46PM (#17097271)

Because European courts and regulatory authorities are not run by gibbering morons.

Not the courts, but "Brexit"

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Re:GDPR: Removing Monal from the EU by jacquesm on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:29PM (#17097594)

That's pretty much the opposite.

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Re:GDPR: Removing Monal from the EU by woolvalley on Thursday May 17, 2018 @06:02PM (#17096410)

Well usually they aren't any kind of social or economic hubs, so I don't really worry if I can't enter or do business with north korea in my day to day life.

The EU on the other hand...

Also almost all laws stay in one jurisdiction, they don't go beyond their own country.

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Re:GDPR: Removing Monal from the EU by Hamuko on Friday May 18, 2018 @09:34AM (#17101283)

So your preferred way would be to have 28 different data protection laws?

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