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> Or for some websites, simply ignore the EU regulations. They'll be fined millions of not billions. The interest will add up on the fine if they don't pay, th
by interesthrow2 8y ago
> Or for some websites, simply ignore the EU regulations.
They'll be fined millions of not billions. The interest will add up on the fine if they don't pay, then assets will be ceased. This isn't a reasonable way to do business in Europe. Either follow the law or effectively shut down.
- gjs278 8y agolol come and take it. I don’t live in europe and you’ll never be able to enforce any of your fines.
- patrickmcnamara 8y agoThis is the dumbest position a company could possibly take.
- MistahKoala 8y agoPaying ransoms (especially for organisations outside of the respective jurisdiction) isn't?
- jhasse 8y agoI guess there sureley will be employees who want to continue traveling to Europe at some point in their lives.
- paulie_a 8y agoEmployees are on the hook for their companies decisions when they are taking a vacation? That doesn't sound right.
- jhasse 8y agoBut willingly ignoring European laws does?
- paulie_a 8y agoSo an individual employee is on the hook if the company they work at violates European laws? I don't know the details and decisions of my company, but I guess I shouldn't travel to Europe in that case.
- jhasse 8y agoWe're not just talking about "violating laws". That happens all the time, mostly accidentally. We're talking about a company that willingly ignored the laws, was sued in Europe, fined millions, doesn't pay, all European assets have been ceased and now operates by "lol come and take it".
- paulie_a 8y agoMost companies don't have European assets, so yes "lol come and take it" is valid. There are many companies in the world that could explicitly and willfully violate every aspect of European laws and there is nothing that can be done about it. The other post was essentially saying there is no recourse to companies that do not have have European assets.
- jhasse 8y ago> there is nothing that can be done about it. There are multiple things that could be done. The EU could deny entry to employees of the company. They could ask the country of the company to press charges there. Of course the country could also ignore the EU, but than it would risk its good relationship with the EU.
- paulie_a 8y agoThat is insane. Denying entry to someone going on vacation because the higher ups did something the EU arbitrarly disagrees with?
- paulie_a 8y agoThe point is simple, Europe is not the target market for a large portion of the internet.