The EU’s GDPR is international tyranny. It is the European Union declaring rules and fines for Internet companies, FreeRepublic included.
The GDPR claims fines such as $24 million for any data breach, or anything the EU considers a data breach or unlawful use of data. The EU is claiming GDPR is enforceable throughout the world, yet, it also argues no other nation has rights within the EU as they claim they have in other countries.
The GDPR is a lengthy law and has the typical extreme -left-wing conflicting rules, very much like ObamaCare. It is a law that is impossible to be compliant with while facing massive, company-ending, fines and criminal charges.
This is the EU trying to rule the USA and the Internet.
Prosecutors will use any force and any lever necessary to get what they want. As the holder of the data, the first need would be to get out of the path of the legal bullet. They should give the data to the government of the country where it resides or to whoever in the EU has the right to it. Then they can tell the US, we no longer have it. Otherwise, they may find their bank accounts seized or their offices closed by the US legal effort.
GDPR is against the free access to the Internet. If you don’t like to be tracked, don’t use the site. Nobody is forcing you to visit a site. Let free market rule. It will weed out idiots.
The US could easily bypass the EU laws by requiring any company operating within the US to maintain a copy of all customer’s data within the boarders of the US