this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2024
847 points (98.7% liked)
Technology
58816 readers
4407 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The moved their jurisdiction to the Netherlands? In the EU? Wow. Now the GDPR can be used to really kick their butts.
GDPR applies regardless of where headquarters are located
Yes, but it's easier to enforce EU regulations when the headquarters happens to be within the EU.
A move from Ireland to the Netherlands doesn't really change much in that regard.
Idk, they're a bit closer to Brussels, so there's that...
There is always the issue of "x applies" and "x is enforcable". Think of Signal or Telegram here.
It moved from Ireland to the Netherlands, both are in the EU. This will not change anything regarding GDPR.
They would be forced to delete all messages of all deleted users
Aren't there tax benefits to incorporating in Ireland? Conventional thought would suggest that the tax/regulatory environment in the Netherlands would be less attractive? Maybe that's wrong... I wonder what their reasons for moving were. Is that where Steve Huffman wants to build his new doomsday bunker? Gotta spread out just in case. Maybe connect it to the one in CA with a massive underwater tunnel lol clown
They usually operate in tandem, a double dutch irish tax sandwich or whatever it is called.
Oh we got a bunch of leeches in Europe, Ireland is not the only one
Mmm... Serpent Road...