> > On 18 Aug 2026, at 15:17, Randolf Richardson, Postmaster > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> On 17 Aug 2026, at 18:47, John Levine via mailop <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> It appears that Jasper Spaans via mailop <[email protected]> said: > >>> > >>>> Note that this is mostly about American organisations. > >>> > >>> Yeah, there's a myth in parts of the US that if you touch any bit of EU > >>> infrastructure the GDPR > >>> will reach out and strangle you. > >> > >> If only that were actually true! But half the time I can´t get > >> EU companies to give a pluck about GDPR violations. > > > > As I recall, when the GDPR was first introduced there was a big > > scary threat attached to it that the EU government was going to > > pursue every violation and rake violators over the coals (through the > > court systems, of course), levy heavy fines (that would instantly > > bankrupt most small companies), and even extradite violators from any > > country in the world if need be. > > Yes. People claimed that.
I remember that it scared a lot of marketing people, in particular. > > It was quite the boogeyman ... or maybe they're just busy right now? > > I´m just explaining my experience to you as someone who is a European citizen > living in a European country. Thank you. It's helpful because I'm in Canada and so my perspective is from abroad. Do you find that most Europeans take the GDPR seriously, or do many find it to be controversial? -- Postmaster - [email protected] Randolf Richardson, CNA - [email protected] Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc. Vancouver, Beautiful British Columbia, Canada https://www.inter-corporate.com/ _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list [email protected] https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
