It’s unlawful worldwide to use EU citizen data without GDPR.
I don’t know how EU pulled that off, but the work of the NSA is illegal just like Google storing EU citizen’s data in USA without GDPR enforcement is illegal too. Not to say it’s applicable.
In fact, you could break the US law from abroad. Ask Assange.
Seems like scaremongering to me and it is surely not enforceable in NZ. It will put people off going to Israel when you have anti free speech laws and you might cop a fine because of some old reddit comment.
I wonder if this could be used to get US credit agencies to stop storing data. Many people with EU citizenship end up with data in US credit agency files.
Step 1: Declare yourself the lawful sovereign of your citizens in customary international law and be accepted as that both internally and globally.
Step 2: Define a fundamental (constitutional) human right to data privacy, see charta of fundamental rights of the European Union Article 8
Step 3: Create regulations that define how to lawfully handle the data of european citizens (-> GDPR, Police Directive, ...) and what happens if one disregards the fundamental right.
Honestly the whole thing becomes much easier to understand if one substitutes any other fundamental right, like the right to bodily integrity. A foreign corporation is not allowed to harvests our citizens organs without lawful basis (like written consent), even if it claims the law of its home country allows it to harvest organs as it pleases.
Except the EU can’t enforce GDPR against NSA, so who cares?
And, realistically, the EU can’t enforce GDPR outside the EU. If somebody in the UAE, for example, were to hoover up all the EU citizen data they can get their hands on what is the EU going to do? Send a strongly worded letter?
<mockingly> And, realistically, the USA can’t enforce its constitution outside the USA. If somebody in South America, for example, were to harvest all the US tourists organs they can get their hands on, what is the USA going to do? Nuke it? </mockingly>
yes, sending a strongly worded letter is exactly what the EU would do. And then it will send another letter. And it will try to work out a diplomatic solution with the UAE such that they enforce respect for eu citizen rights, or even better, join the growing number of nations that have data privacy as a fundamental right. They may even threaten some sanctions if the whole thing is big enough.
What would your country do to protect your rights?
I don’t know how EU pulled that off, but the work of the NSA is illegal just like Google storing EU citizen’s data in USA without GDPR enforcement is illegal too. Not to say it’s applicable.
In fact, you could break the US law from abroad. Ask Assange.