Re:Destruction of evidence charges filed for remotely wiping...
by briandear on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:41AM
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No it doesn’t! The citizenship has nothing to do with the law. It’s the residency. An EU citizen living in New York has exactly zero to do with GDPR. An American citizen living in Paris though, would be covered by the law.
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Re:Destruction of evidence charges filed for remotely wiping...
by cyphar on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @11:26AM
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However it does apply to EU companies regardless of where the data subject is, and given that Apple is clearly an EU company if you see how its business is structured to (illegally) avoid taxes[1], it would apply in both cases.
But, more importantly, the GDPR doesn't help if the data is needed for a criminal investigation. There are very clear exemptions to the GDPR protections, and this is one of them.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_illegal_State_aid_case_agai...