Anyone really believe they’ll litigate against companies that block them entirely? That want nothing to do with the EU market as a result of this law?
I seriously doubt it, but this is a great example of the 2 years of legal arguments and debates happening in companies because of GDPR.
All it takes is a single populist data regulator in one of the EU's twenty-eight members,. Will they win? I don't think so. But in the meantime, you'll be dragged through costly regulatory negotiations. Those negotiations would become much more expensive if one had any European users.
One of the EU's twenty-eight members will try to extradite an American executive. That will be shot down by U.S. courts. We'll throw tariffs at each other for a few months until whatever administration that happens under negotiates a compromise.
GDPR only fines and sanctions. Dont hold EU assets and you would be ok.
Litigating on this particular issue would be an incredible stretch though. Offends basic sense of fair play imo.
If Turkey gets EU membership, it would be a hoot to see how Erdogan uses this law.
At least litigation has a clear end. The problem is more endless requests for information, each requiring research and drafting by expensive EU lawyers. A burden irrespective of whether you did anything wrong.
I have US-only clients currently freaking out because they think they are going to be sued into oblivion, but I can't imagine they have anything to worry about (we've been giving them the whole "we can't provide legal advice, talk to your lawyer about what you need to do and we'll work with you to make it happen" line)
That's seriously optimistic. From what I can tell, most companies realized about a week and a half ago that this was going to be an issue and freaked the hell out.
I'm still getting a stready stream of better-late-than-never GDPR emails.