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by AdmiralACK 3913 days ago
Relevant:

"The ECJ ruled* Thursday that if a company operates a service in the native language of a country, and has representatives in that country, then it can be held accountable by the country’s national data protection agency despite not being headquartered in the country."

*http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessioni...

I think this is great news.
2 comments
drivingmenuts 3913 days ago
That could work both for and against companies, though.

It's certainly possible to provide a site in the native language of a country without having a presence in that country, especially if the language in the target country is similar (ie., US and UK).

Authority might try to block the site, but that is pretty difficult without building a Great Wall of some sort.

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mike_hearn 3913 days ago
Held accountable how? Arresting the representatives? Sounds like a recipe for really serious problems.

But then isn't this the same ECJ that invented the right to be forgotten?

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