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How do you check if someone is an EU resident?

>>merino+(OP)
same with the age check, you ask them

>>merino+(OP)
Geolocation, IP Lookup etc. You generally shouldn't care whether they're a resident in the EU, but just whether they are in EU or not. Remember GDPR doesn't cover any citizens from EU who aren't in EU.

>>baussh+u2
I read that GDPR applies to EU residents. That means someone who is EU resident non necessarily could be browsing from the EU. For example when on holidays.

>>LoSboc+b1
Not sure why you got down voted as it is correct.

When you do business with a customer asking for the location is a common part of the sign up process.

We're talking about a law that is about data gathering, if you're not gathering data about that customer there's nothing to worry about.

>>merino+t4
Yes, but you cannot check whether a person is a resident unless you explicitly ask them. There are no "public" API.

It's much easier and safer to just assume someone who's in Europe is a resident, rather than figuring out if they really are.

GDPR only applies to EU residents, yes, but not if they're on ex. holiday outside of EU.

Say, a EU citizen is on holiday in The U.S.

In such case the EU citizen is not protected by GDPR.

>>baussh+Md
> GDPR only applies to EU residents, yes, but not if they're on ex. holiday outside of EU.

While this is an interesting way to interpret it, it's likely that the law may be clarified in the future to state that if at the time of collecting their data the user is in the EU, the protections shall apply to said data regardless of where the user is now.

>>baussh+Md
But this is only your assumption and not a fact. Person on holiday is still EU resident and enjoys protection of GDPR. Do you have a source that says that GDPR doesn't apply to IP outside of EU?

>>merino+0P
It's not by my assumption. I work with GDPR implementations. Read the GDPR yourself if you want a source.

>>cbg0+Zg
That is true, which is why it's really difficult to special case a lot of things related to this, because the behavior could change to match the special cases.