On 4/1/19 7:11 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: > created an account over on the MeWe.com website following a number of folks
One _huge_ issue with MeWe is that it is based in the United States. My understanding is that under US Case Law, the terms and conditions of usage of a website are meaningless, irrelevant, and are to be disregarded, in the event of bankruptcy, foreclosure, or any other condition in which the sale of data is fiscally prudent. Unfortunately, I no longer have the relevant case citations. _The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018_ (CCPA) does not provide nearly as much in the way of personal data protection, as the EU GDPR. Personally, I think that it provides less in the way of personal privacy protection than the GDPR, but most of the material about it that I have read, claim otherwise. Furthermore, it (CCPA) only comes into effect 1 January 2020, and then only if there are no court cases that need to be completed. As an additional kicker, individuals outside of California, are excluded from its protection. Individuals residing within California are also excluded, if certain conditions are met. Whilst the GDPR is vague about both who, and where coverage applies, European privacy enforcement agencies have uniformly said that the location of the company that violates the GDPR doesn't matter, and that they will use the local equivalent of long arm statutes, to enforce it. (I think that the most recent harmonisation of the GDPR defined coverage to included both citizens and residents. For the time being, Estonian Digital Residents are excluded, unless they physically reside in the EU, or an area in which the GDPR is the law of the land.) I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
