Forget all the stuff out there that says the GDPR protects EU citizens. This is a question of jurisdiction and enforcement. Say I run a blog under a business registered in the US funded by advertisers in the US. A EU citizen that comments on posts issues a GDPR request that I ignore. Their government fines me. I tell them to get bent, I am out of their jurisdiction. What can they do at that point?

  • @neanderthal@lemmy.worldOP
    -13•2 years ago

    I am a US citizen, I know how our laws are made, and find the explanation a little condescending, but this is the best answer so far that there is a treaty about it. I couldn’t find that anywhere. Thanks.

      • @neanderthal@lemmy.worldOP
        2•2 years ago

        “You read that condescension into it by yourself. You are asking a question and that is the answer I have no idea about your context.” That is fair. I hadn’t had my coffee and have been dealing with an unusually high amount of unpleasant individuals lately, hence the short fuse.

      • Itty53
        -2•2 years ago

        No he didn’t. The context was “as a US citizen” per the post. You gave him a 6th grade civics lesson about how bills turn into laws a-la school house rock before even sort of addressing the question. The next step would’ve been explaining what laws even are.

        That’s a little condescending, assuming a citizen of a nation doesn’t know how their own laws are created. It isn’t a LOT condescending but it is a little.

        • LewsTherinTelescope
          1•2 years ago

          Speaking only for myself (another US citizen), I didn’t know treaties could cover things like that so I found it valuable.

        • @Gryzor@lemmyfly.org
          -1•2 years ago

          And you are what… The random condescending inspector or what? Nowhere in the OP’s message did they convey they were familiar with the law making process. I found that particular answer the easiest to read. So there’s that. Even the OP agreed that they shouldn’t have reacted like that.

    • FlowVoid
      0•2 years ago

      There is no treaty. And the GDPR is not “law” in the US. You cannot sue a company for damages in the US like in the EU.

      However, there is an executive order that allows you to file a complaint if you think your privacy rights have been violated.

      You can find a good explainer here.