Not quite bad it’s business and economic based. Most of the BPO companies are and have EU citizen /resident data and for the outsourcing to continue to operate within bounds and still survive. I do not think Mauritian government had any option than to go forward with this. Now the agreement with EU alignment dates way back in 2006 if i recall. It was also because of EU business operations which wanted to ensure that Mauritius was a signatory and aligned with safe harbour principles and data protection and privacy rules.
A small island which needs various economic sectors to be economically viable does not have any options. Mauritius benefits heavily from the EU. Pot luck…. > On Apr 11, 2018, at 20:01, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > Well, then, that makes it just as bad for MU as it is for US. > > Owen > > >> On Apr 10, 2018, at 23:18 , Kris Seeburn <seebur...@gmail.com >> <mailto:seebur...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Mauritius is signatory that’s where the safe harbour was put In place years >> back. All BPOs in mauritius are holding EU citizen / resident data. the Data >> Protection office will be fast tracking to look like ICO which is renamed >> GDPR anyways. >> >> Kris >> >> On 11 Apr 2018, at 10:08, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com >> <mailto:o...@delong.com>> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 10, 2018, at 22:42 , Andrew Alston <andrew.als...@liquidtelecom.com >>>> <mailto:andrew.als...@liquidtelecom.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi AfriNIC Board, >>>> >>>> Can this board please *urgently* inform this community as to what >>>> preparations they have made as regards to compliance with the General Data >>>> Protection Regulations passed by the European Commision and the board will >>>> be in a position to give this community a full and complete report as to >>>> their GDPR compliance status and what will be changing before the 25th of >>>> May to ensure that when the GDPR comes into force AfriNIC is compliant. >>> >>> Is Mauritius signatory to some treaty making them subject to GDPR? >>> >>>> Considering that the regulation comes into force on the 25th of May 2018 – >>>> and AfriNIC is 100% holding data of EU Citizens, which makes them subject >>>> to the regulations irrespective of the fact that they are domiciled in >>>> Mauritius – this is an urgent and critical issue. It has direct impact on >>>> the whois database, abuse contact information, handling of data submitted >>>> during application process and potentially even the proposed review >>>> policy, just to name a few things that I can think of off the top of my >>>> head – and cannot be ignored. I would in fact have liked to have seen >>>> discussions by the board in the minutes that have been published about the >>>> GDPR long before now – considering the impact – but failing that – the >>>> question is now being asked. >>> >>> It’s not about EU Citizens. It’s about EU Residents. (Common misconception >>> about GDPR). >>> >>> Further, unless your in a silly country that was dumb enough to sign a >>> treaty extending EU’s legal reach into your sovereignty, such as the stupid >>> congress of the united States, then you can offer the EU a nice big Italian >>> sign language gesture regarding their GDPR and continue on with business as >>> usual. >>> >>> Owen >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Community-Discuss mailing list >>> Community-Discuss@afrinic.net <mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net> >>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >>> <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss> > Kris Seeburn seebur...@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/kseeburn/ <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kseeburn/> "Life is a Beach, it all depends at how you look at it"
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