[scarface_74]

The Shopify announcement was regarding fake goods. It was not regarding the GDPR

> complaints mainly related to web stores hosted by the platform, found to have engaged in illegal practices, such as making fake offers and fake scarcity claims, supplying counterfeit goods or not providing their contact details.

The GDPR basically makes it illegal for an EU online business to use any SaaS service in the US or in this case Canada.

It was never meant to “protect” anyone. The entire purpose was to make it easier for EU companies to compete.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

> The GDPR basically makes it illegal for an EU online business to use any SaaS service in the US or in this case Canada.

No, only if they cannot comply with the law.

> It was never meant to “protect” anyone.

That is the opposite of true. I've seen it help internally at a data storage level, and seen people make use of it to protect themselves. You do not know what you are talking about.

[scarface74]

> No, only if they cannot comply with the law.

So exactly how is an EU citizen suppose to use a service like Shopify - that has to store PII - and that’s not based in the EU?

> That is the opposite of true. I've seen it help internally at a data storage level, and seen people make use of it to protect themselves. You do not know what you are talking about.

And it also killed a small business who wanted to use Shopify to sell completely legal things.

Not to mention that the same EU that is being applauded for “protecting your privacy” is trying to get a law passed so they can have a backdoor to any W2s encrypted methods.

It’s not that they want to protect your privacy. They just want to be the only ones who can surveil you.