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Unless you're a European citizen interacting with a European company GDPR changed nothing, they can show you a different ToS and play entirely in your court system where GDPR is meaningless.


Isn't it enough that Google et al conducts business in EU and have a representation here?


No, it isn't. GDPR only affects EU citizens living in the EU. It's possible for companies to maintain entirely different practices for their users in the EU verses out of the EU.


Google et al are moving EU citizens' data ownership to EU subsidiaries to comply with GDPR.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/12/google-will-shift-control...




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