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by icebraining 2780 days ago
Yes, you're right; the distinction I was making is that it's about their presence in the EU, not their citizenship. In fact, an American citizen living in the EU is also covered, whereas an EU citizen living in the US is not.

An in fact, it's even less than that: the site only has to care if they target people in the EU (not necessarily exclusively) or if they're tracking behaviours. Simply being accessible online doesn't mean it has to comply, whereas e.g. accepting Euro payments probably does.

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That's interesting, didn't know that about foreign citizen coverage.