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It has nothing to do with more or less important. The EU does not obligate HN to follow European laws when serving users in America or in India. It is only the serving of European users that's under European jurisdiction. HN is free to choose not to follow GDPR, in which case it will not be allowed to serve users in the EU. I guess Peru and India can have similar laws, and if they somehow do conflict -- say, the Indian law says something about what HN should do in Europe -- then it's up to HN to choose which jurisdictions it wants to serve. When a website chooses to serve certain users, it chooses to place those transactions under certain jurisdictions.


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