Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-22224-20180521161500/@comment-134861-20180530154655

TheAnegdot wrote: Vengir wrote: Everyone who provides services to the EU citizens is bound by the GDPR. Honestly, I don't exactly know what would be potential penalties if you didn't comply, but my guess is that it could end up with you being banned in EU, and that would be rather inconvenient to readers from that area. The last thing we need is the Great Firewall of Europe. Seriously. Many portals already cut all ties with the EU/EEA member countries and moved their legal businesses to more liberal/libertarian countries, like the Cape Verde or Christmas Islands. And they simply don't care about GDPR. Even if it says they should. EU-related communists simply can't handle with their minds that something can be out of their jurisdiction. And the Internet is a global network, which was always the case since its derivation from US-based ARPANet.

Again, what part of "the consumers control and consent of their personal property (i.e. data) shall not be violated without their consent" is *less* liberal/libertarian than the alternative?

This is bizarre to hear, that people are sincerely defending blatant theft and violation of privacy as "more" liberal/libertarian.