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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by outside1234 on Friday May 25, 2018 @01:35PM (#17156068)
This is a very dangerous interpretation. Let me tell you why: this opens the door for someone, let's say China, to say that their laws apply to Chinese nationals outside of China. You know, censorship and the rest.

While GDPR is a good idea, its legal impact can only be for business conducted within EU boundaries, or we are going to open up a Pandora's Box like this.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by olivierduval on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:36PM (#17157718)
You mean: like giving fines to ANY company doing business with Iran just because some US President decided to cancel its own part of an international treaty...? ;-)

Come on: you're whining but you're doing that kind of extra-territorial stuff for decades!!!

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