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A comment on Ask HN: Is using my personal information for scam a GDPR violation?.

Re:Ask HN: Is using my personal information for scam a GDPR ... by bifrost on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @02:03AM (#20874428)
If its public information, its highly unlikely to be a GDPR violation. They may also be operating in a country outside of the EU, so they'd be immune to GDPR regulation anyways.
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Re:Ask HN: Is using my personal information for scam a GDPR ... by richardk3000 on Friday September 06, 2019 @03:09AM (#20893665)
Doesn't matter if they're from the EU or not. If you target (people in) the EU, the GDPR applies, no matter where you're from. Whether the GDPR can be effectively enforced is another question of course.
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Re:Ask HN: Is using my personal information for scam a GDPR ... by bifrost on Monday September 09, 2019 @03:25PM (#20921441)
Not true, the GDPR only applies if you do business with the EU. There are some companies that have decided to become "GDPR Compliant" that are outside of the EU, but they don't really need to.
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