It ain't hysteria if you're in Germany, and a private individual or a nonprofit (e.V.). Due to specialities of German law third parties can serve you legal writs for hundreds or thousands of EURos.
Which is why I'm shutting down these 20 domains running HTTP/SMTP services I'm hosting in less than a week, and wait until the smoke clears.
Can you point me to a more detailed source on this issue? I have heard Germans concerned about getting sued by third parties for minor website legalese issues.
I'm not fluent in German so I wasn't able to fully understand the situation.
> This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity and thus with no connection to a professional or commercial activity. 2Personal or household activities could include correspondence and the holding of addresses, or social networking and online activity undertaken within the context of such activities. 3However, this Regulation applies to controllers or processors which provide the means for processing personal data for such personal or household activities.
Which is why I'm shutting down these 20 domains running HTTP/SMTP services I'm hosting in less than a week, and wait until the smoke clears.