My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveillants

Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by 18af219e on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:41AM (#25288700)

But isn't the user international? Seems within provider's rights?

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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by eivarv on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:44AM (#25288733)

If you're targeting European users, you need to comply with the GDPR.

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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by sunstone on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:37AM (#25289207)

In this case the user is in Norway which is not a member of the EU.

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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by tobr on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:54AM (#25289375)

The comment you’re replying to doesn’t mention EU, so this nitpick doesn’t make much sense.

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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by robin_reala on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:40AM (#25289234)

Norway integrated GDPR into its own legal system: https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2018-06-15-38

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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by eivarv on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:17PM (#25291401)

Didn't mention EU, but to be specific: members of the EU or the EEA.

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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by lagadu on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:52AM (#25289366)

GDPR was implemented in the EU and in the EEA, of which Norway is a member of.

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