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		DoubleGlazing on Feb 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down... Unfortunately the GDPR is largely toothless if a company without an EU presence chooses to ignore it. I live in Ireland and my data is in the databases of several US data brokers. Thise conpanies can't be forced to to comply with the GDPR because they simply do not have an EU presence. You don't have to search far to find stories from people people who made complaints to their local Data Protection office about such issues only to be told there's nothing that can be done.

nicbou on Feb 2, 2025 [–]

A common discussion these days is the threat of a foreign app (TikTok) being used by a hostile government to track and influence Americans.

From my non-American perspective, the same thing is happening here. I distrust non-EU software by default.

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