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by doikor 3067 days ago
Against small companies with almost no footprint in EU maybe. But against huge multinational corporations that want access to the 500m+ people market they sure can.
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Exactly, that's the distinction.
What is your website? And which bank do you happen to use for your company and personally?

Enforcing laws internationally is easy, considering that there are systems designed to allow the police of one country to freeze the assets of citizen of another country.

You might just wake up one morning with your bank accounts frozen and your credit cards revoked if you violate the GDPR.

Governments have previously seized entire airplanes to pay for a single $500 fee that an airline refused to pay, don't expect it won't happen to you.

> You might just wake up one morning with your bank accounts frozen and your credit cards revoked if you violate the GDPR.

Please, spare me. I'm no more worried about EU laws than I am about China seizing my accounts for mentioning Tiananmen Square. You overestimate the EU's reach.