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Re:Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR by bilbo0s on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:59PM (#23264224)
>You adhere to the law of the jurisdiction you operate in.

I think this is the best, most succinct summation of the global free speech and privacy issue.

You're free to not really respect the privacy of others, provided you are in a jurisdiction that allows you to do so. This hypothetical jurisdiction however, would not be Europe.

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Re:Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR by mytailorisrich on Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:36PM (#23264816)
The GDPR have extra-territorial effect.

For example if you are in the US and operate a website in the US and get a visitor from the EU then the GDPR may apply to you with respect to that visitor.

The question is then one of enforceability but that's the reason why some American websites have GDPR notices or restrict access to visitors from the EU.

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