GDPR Resources
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Since this is going to be a wide reaching legislation I figured I would put some time into learning more about it. Have any of you come across any helpful resources for parsing the nuances of the law? I'm currently going through https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/general-data-protection-regulation/, but I was curious if you'd found others.
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And you almost got away from the EU before this hit you.
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@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
And you almost got away from the EU before this hit you.
While other states might think CO is the Netherlands of the US, I'm not that close to the EU
I am actually pursuing this because I am thinking this may affect US companies more than they realize.
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@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
I am actually pursuing this because I am thinking this may affect US companies more than they realize.
Or less than they do. Only US companies with offices in Europe. Lots of people say that this law hits US companies, but that's a massive breach of international law.
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@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
I am actually pursuing this because I am thinking this may affect US companies more than they realize.
Or less than they do. Only US companies with offices in Europe. Lots of people say that this law hits US companies, but that's a massive breach of international law.
The EU seems to be stating (I'm early in my reading on the specifics, so I may have this wrong), that the law covers EU citizens regardless of where the data is housed or the location of the storing company. In principle this is not too different from stances that the US has taken on the rights of US citizens in other countries. I am guessing that the final resolution may be somewhere in the middle of the EU's statements, and what you said, but there will be some court cases along the way that US businesses will want to avoid.
Enforcement of this is going to be monumental, so I wonder if the EU is going to go after some early, clear cases in the hopes of frightening everyone into respecting its laws.
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Article 3(2) appears to support what I stated:
- This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or
processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to:
(a) the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data
subjects in the Union; or
(b) the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679&from=EN#page=33
- This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or
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@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
The EU seems to be stating (I'm early in my reading on the specifics, so I may have this wrong), that the law covers EU citizens regardless of where the data is housed or the location of the storing company.
And the EU stating that is relevant, how?
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@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
In principle this is not too different from stances that the US has taken on the rights of US citizens in other countries.
Right, and that never works like this. Ever. This law applies to EU citizens, in the EU, doing business with EU companies, only. Nothing the EU says applies to anyone else. It's that simple.
It's no different than you making up your own law and telling other people that it applies to them.
The EU doesn't have any say outside of the EU. it's just that simple.
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@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
I am guessing that the final resolution may be somewhere in the middle of the EU's statements, and what you said, but there will be some court cases along the way that US businesses will want to avoid.
Except they avoid them by simply.... not being able to be sued. The EU has no means of going after a US business in the US. It's not allowed.
To enforce this would either require a treaty which, in turn, would require local US laws to make it affect US companies. Or an act of war. Because this is a breach of national sovereignty.
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@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
The EU doesn't have any say outside of the EU. it's just that simple.
Of course they do. It is called treaties. The specifics of each one determine what applies where, but it most certainly exists.
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Look at it another way, the US has conflicting laws to this. So it would require the EU being in charge of the US legal system for it to apply.
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@jaredbusch said in GDPR Resources:
@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
The EU doesn't have any say outside of the EU. it's just that simple.
Of course they do. It is called treaties. The specifics of each one determine what applies where, but it most certainly exists.
A treaty, as I explained, requires the treatied country to make their own law that makes the treaty apply or determines how. Even if the US makes an EU treaty and agrees to this, nothing applies until the treaty-based US law is put in place. Until then, the existing US law applies, for example.
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Imagine how this would play out in the real world. If countries could just make any law that they want to apply to other places that don't have access to their legal system... Bahrain could make some law, make it secret, and arrest everyone in France for breaking their laws. Doesn't make sense. Sovereignty is the barrier to legal exposure.
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@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
Imagine how this would play out in the real world. If countries could just make any law that they want to apply to other places that don't have access to their legal system... Bahrain could make some law, make it secret, and arrest everyone in France for breaking their laws. Doesn't make sense. Sovereignty is the barrier to legal exposure.
I am not sure what all the things are that underlie this law in terms of existing treaties, but there are some very reputable organizations that are assuming that it will be enforceable on US companies that interact with EU citizens without a physical presence in the EU.
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@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
Imagine how this would play out in the real world. If countries could just make any law that they want to apply to other places that don't have access to their legal system... Bahrain could make some law, make it secret, and arrest everyone in France for breaking their laws. Doesn't make sense. Sovereignty is the barrier to legal exposure.
I am not sure what all the things are that underlie this law in terms of existing treaties, but there are some very reputable organizations that are assuming that it will be enforceable on US companies that interact with EU citizens without a physical presence in the EU.
That's a LOT of stuff and I can't find anything in it. Where do you see if saying that it would apply to US companies?
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@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
Imagine how this would play out in the real world. If countries could just make any law that they want to apply to other places that don't have access to their legal system... Bahrain could make some law, make it secret, and arrest everyone in France for breaking their laws. Doesn't make sense. Sovereignty is the barrier to legal exposure.
I am not sure what all the things are that underlie this law in terms of existing treaties, but there are some very reputable organizations that are assuming that it will be enforceable on US companies that interact with EU citizens without a physical presence in the EU.
That's a LOT of stuff and I can't find anything in it. Where do you see if saying that it would apply to US companies?
Section 1, bullet 2: "Second, a controller or processor not established in the EU will be subject to the GDPR 'where the processing activities are related to offering goods or services to data subjects in the Union,' even when the goods and services are offered for free." is the easiest to locate, but there are other statements that either explicitly or implicitly state that US companies without physical presence in the EU will be subject to GDPR.
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The thing about the GDPR, is that it is SO broad, that if you are in the EU, it applies to... everyone. Even humans. Just overheaing a name or having a wifi access point falls under it. Everyone, even home users, are often included. It's so sweeping it's insane.
In the US, companies aren't affected by it unless they are receiving that data from a company in the EU and the EU company follows the law and has a contract with the US company binding it to the rules.
Your average US based website is under no obligation to do anything for the GDPR, but US based websites are something like 90% of the coverage cases.
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It is very broad. They're basically leaning on case law to refine and define it.
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@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
@scottalanmiller said in GDPR Resources:
Imagine how this would play out in the real world. If countries could just make any law that they want to apply to other places that don't have access to their legal system... Bahrain could make some law, make it secret, and arrest everyone in France for breaking their laws. Doesn't make sense. Sovereignty is the barrier to legal exposure.
I am not sure what all the things are that underlie this law in terms of existing treaties, but there are some very reputable organizations that are assuming that it will be enforceable on US companies that interact with EU citizens without a physical presence in the EU.
That's a LOT of stuff and I can't find anything in it. Where do you see if saying that it would apply to US companies?
Section 1, bullet 2: "Second, a controller or processor not established in the EU will be subject to the GDPR 'where the processing activities are related to offering goods or services to data subjects in the Union,' even when the goods and services are offered for free." is the easiest to locate, but there are other statements that either explicitly or implicitly state that US companies without physical presence in the EU will be subject to GDPR.
You left out the part of the quote that makes it not matter to 99% of companies...
“where the processing activities are related to offering goods or services to data subjects in the Union,”
So that bullet point doesn't apply.
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@kelly said in GDPR Resources:
It is very broad. They're basically leaning on case law to refine and define it.
Case law.... in countries that aren't under the law.
Doing that is no different than me making a law that says "if you talk to Scott, you have to obey him for life" and anyone who says "hi" to me I try to make my slave.
I can say that, I can even say that I am "relying on case law" to hopefully make it happen. but bottom line, the EU like me, is not a US lawmaker.
