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So essentially, if they had worded the TOS the way they presumably meant them to be, they should include Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and similarly cover the UK during the transition period. But they didn't word their TOS properly, so the EU regulations ceased to apply to the UK on February first.
– quarague
Commented Feb 7, 2020 at 8:09
@quarague Which EU regulations apply in the UK is defined by UK parliament not by stackexchange. If stackexchange's terms violate UK law then stackexchange's business and staff are likely subject to appropriate legal sanctions and criminal prosecution in the UK. As I understand it, generally EU regulations are incorporated into UK law, becoming part of UK law until UK Parliament changes the law.
– RedGrittyBrick
Commented Feb 7, 2020 at 11:19
@quarague I agree with your comment except for the last clause: the wording of the Stack Exchange terms of service has no effect on the application of EU regulations in the UK.
– phoog
Commented Feb 7, 2020 at 13:45
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@RedGrittyBrick I don't believe there are any criminal penalties for GDPR violations, only civil penalties. The last sentence of your comment confuses directives with regulations. The former are to be transposed into national law, but the latter are directly applicable. The R in GDPR is for "regulation," so it is directly applicable. However, I have heard that there is nonetheless a substantially similar UK law, although I have not looked into it.
– phoog
Commented Feb 7, 2020 at 13:49
Oops, mistakenly tried to edit wrong thing. Explicit wording in Withdrawal Acts 2018 and 2020 and Data Protection Act 2018 - Criminal Offences suggest many or most EU Regulations and Directives are now explicitly made part of UK law and that matters covered by GDPR may be part of criminal law (not sure about this without reading whole thing but if not, why mentioned under Criminal Offences?).
– RedGrittyBrick
Commented Feb 7, 2020 at 15:26

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