I’m not sure that’s true. I think that the notice is sufficient to indicate that I have no intention to have EU persons visiting my web site and thus should not be subject to their extraterritorial overreach.
Obviously time will tell what happens. Owen > On May 26, 2018, at 09:29 , JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> > wrote: > > I don't recall right now the exact details about how they calculate the fine, > which is appropriate for each case, but the 4% of turnover or 20 million > Euros is just the maximum amount (per case). I'm sure there is something > already documented, about that, or may be is each country DPA the one > responsible to define the exact fine for each case. > > For example, up to now (with the previous law, LOPD for Spain), the maximum > fine was 600.000 euros, and the "starting" fine was 1.500 euros. So, > depending on the number of people affected, the degree of infringement, if it > is the first time or if the company has been warned or fined before, you can > get a fine in the "middle" of those figures. > > I'm sure it will be the same way for the GDPR. > > Regards, > Jordi > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> en nombre de Seth Mattinen > <se...@rollernet.us> > Fecha: sábado, 26 de mayo de 2018, 16:00 > Para: <nanog@nanog.org> > Asunto: Re: Whois vs GDPR, latest news > > > > On 5/26/18 1:30 PM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via NANOG wrote: >> I don't think, in general the DPAs need to use lawsuits. >> >> If they discover (by their own, or by means of a customer claim) that a >> company (never mind is from the EU or outside) is not following the GDPR, >> they will just fine it and the corresponding government authorities are the >> responsible to cash the fine, even with "bank account embargos". If the >> company is outside the EU, but there are agreements with that country, they >> can proceed to that via the third country authorities. > > > If someone were to show up and issue me a 10 or 20 million euro fine > (more in USD), I'd just laugh since I'll never see that much money at > one time in my whole life. > > I'm not convinced they will limit reach to the Facebooks and Googles of > the world until a lower limit is codified. I suspect that won't happen > until enough small guys are fined 10-20 million euros who could never > hope to repay it in a lifetime. > > ~Seth > > > > > ********************************************** > IPv4 is over > Are you ready for the new Internet ? > http://www.consulintel.es > The IPv6 Company > > This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or > confidential. The information is intended to be for the exclusive use of the > individual(s) named above and further non-explicilty authorized disclosure, > copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, even if > partially, including attached files, is strictly prohibited and will be > considered a criminal offense. If you are not the intended recipient be aware > that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this > information, even if partially, including attached files, is strictly > prohibited, will be considered a criminal offense, so you must reply to the > original sender to inform about this communication and delete it. > > >
