[BrandoElFollito]

I do not understand what you are writing.

GDPR applies to EU companies only. It is legal in these countries. Not sure what "illegal" means in your comment. Illegal where?

GDPR also states that a non-EU company has to follow GDPR if it offers content accessed from the EU and has presence in the EU (where the fine will be applied). This is normal practice because local law cannot apply cross countries. It is also unfortunate because stronger countries bully weaker ones that way.

[ifthenelseend]

No. Just because someone from north korea visited my website doesn't mean I have to comply with north korean laws. Otherwise you need to comply with laws from 200+ countries and need an army of lawyers+developers. Exactly the same with EU countries.

[BrandoElFollito]

Right. But if North Korea states that a company that is affiliated to you and present in their country will be fined if you do not comply then you have two choices : comply and avoid the fine and not comply and pay the fine (in NK).

The US did that recently. They do not like Iran and decided that US companies will not make business with Iran.

But that was not enough. Any company or country which does will also be punished. Either through their companies on US ground, or through taxes, or through US Dollar trading restrictions.

This is why I said that strong countries can bully smaller ones that way. If this was NK who started that nobody would care. But everyone listens to the US threats (or China, or to some extend Russia or the EU)