- Mar 13, 2016
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@WiseVector
It does not matter whether a user voluntary agrees you use his/hers data. When that user is from an EU-country, you have to comply with GDPR (and also ePrivacy law). It also does not matter whether your company resides outside the EU. Fines are 4% of your turnover or 20 million euro, whatever is the highest.
At the moment there are still a lot of (smaller) EU-based companies not compliant with this EU-rule. When it was introduced, the " reasonable effort" clause was criticized a lot by large companies, because it left room for interpretation. EU will first haunt large companies like Google and Facebook. So while the EU is still in the process of forcing large companies to comply with GDPR (and ePrivacy), keep thanking people for the information, stating you are small company taking every effort to comply with international law.
Regards Kees
It does not matter whether a user voluntary agrees you use his/hers data. When that user is from an EU-country, you have to comply with GDPR (and also ePrivacy law). It also does not matter whether your company resides outside the EU. Fines are 4% of your turnover or 20 million euro, whatever is the highest.
At the moment there are still a lot of (smaller) EU-based companies not compliant with this EU-rule. When it was introduced, the " reasonable effort" clause was criticized a lot by large companies, because it left room for interpretation. EU will first haunt large companies like Google and Facebook. So while the EU is still in the process of forcing large companies to comply with GDPR (and ePrivacy), keep thanking people for the information, stating you are small company taking every effort to comply with international law.
Regards Kees