On 20/07/18 04:42 AM, Jim Higgins wrote:
Amen... and... isn't Groups.io located entirely within the USA?
Whilst the servers, and the Sysadmin are located within the US, the
Domain Name Register ostensibly falls under British law, making the
domain automatically subject to British, and EU law.
does the EU and its GDPR really create any obligation whatsoever on the part of Groups.io?
Depending upon which official version of the GDPR one reads, it applies
either to residents or Europe, citizens of the European Union, or both
groups. On second thoughts, I think all of the official versions have
harmonized on residents of Europe. Some countries wrote their version to
include both residents, and citizens of the country.
Technically, the GDPR only applies to physical residents, but material
on one of the Estonian bureaucracies was ambiguous about the status of
the Digital Residents & the GDPR. The Estonian Privacy Commission
responded to my email, stating that Digital Residents are not explicitly
covered, but if they are residents of the EU, they would be covered
under local laws, whether Estonia, or another country.
Pop quiz: Name the cities and towns in North America, in which the GDPR
unambiguously applies.
jonathon
