Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or Any EU Traffic Under GDPR

Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:18PM (#17168595)

There is a lot of discussion about GDPR from an American perspective. I'm curious about the Chinese one. Does the EU really expect Baidu, WeChat and Tencent to comply with these rules? Or is this just a roundabout way of extracting bureaucratic benefits from American technology companies?

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Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An... by eivindga on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:33PM (#17168692)

Yes, of course. If they do business in the eu, they will need to comply.

If they don’t do business in EU, then they dont have to follow eu rules.

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Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday May 27, 2018 @04:03PM (#17168849)

If Facebook certifies deletion of certain data, and somebody doesn't believe them, they can sue in an American court. If WeChat certifies deletion of certain data, and somebody doesn't believe them, they're SOL.

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Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An... by jon__k on Sunday May 27, 2018 @06:52PM (#17169560)

Why are most companies (i.e. USAToday complying) when they have no market, interest, or presence in the EU?

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Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An... by joejerryronnie on Sunday May 27, 2018 @04:33PM (#17168968)

Ha! Good luck getting a single euro out of China! We've already seen the EU roll over when Russia's energy giant Gazprom applied a little pressure.

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