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gnode
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GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users wit...
No; it applies to EU residents, and they don't have to be citizens. From Article 3 (2):
"This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union"
tener
on May 25, 2018
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Does "in the Union" has to mean geographical presence? As far as I can tell it may mean legal membership?
azernik
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No. It does not.
States
are members, not individuals. The legal terminology for citizens is, quite simply, "citizens of the Union".
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