NAR Weighs in on GDPR and What it Means To You!

Yes, the HAR will have to be totally compliant, they are a bigger company which are the ones that the EU will be looking at first. It matters. And yes, you can't block EU visitors since you have too many foreign buyers going to Houston. I know the area well. Nestor was a realtor there for 5 years too. Just make sure your template subsite of theirs is controlled by them and that they are the controller, not you. That you are not even a processor. If you are either the controller or the processer, than this applies to you individually too. So if you collect ANY leads, this applies to you. This does not mean just the internet, this is off line too. 

Isn't it ironic that the U.S. wants our laws and judgments to be upheld in other countries ( extraditions, etc), and the U.S. does not have clean hands. The IRS forced their hand on foreign banks and told them that they had to do special reporting of expats. This leads to more expenses for the banks, so the unintended consequence was that banks like Deutch Bank made a policy to NOT open accounts for expats and to close current expats bank accounts. This really hurt expats ability to even pay their bills overseas. Some of these people were even working for U.S. companies. This did not go too well over there. There has always been since before WW1 a lot of meddling. So It does not surprise me that the EU wants the same afford. 

But people sue other people all over the world in international courts, which I Don't see how that is even constitutional. 

Here I found this on a legal site: ":....have clients that are trying to protect their rights in Florida, when they are living in Russia. Nowadays, even depositions can be taking using Skype or other available means and Interrogatories stamped by the U.S. Embassy..."

I think they would hire an attorney here but the GDPR has legal language about enforcing the regulations on any website or company anywhere in the world ( except of course some middle east or african countries). 

But any foreigner can file a law suit in a U.S. court. 

(GDPR), the new rules place heavy fines for violations — up to €20 million or 4 percent of global revenues, whichever is higher. 

How does an EU regulator fine a U.S. company under an EU law that has no analogue in the U.S.? 

Simple: They do it with authority, jurisprudence, and the aid of international law. 

Yes, it may be awhile before they come after the little guys. I am sure there are plenty of big deep pockets to keep them busy for a while. :) Plus they will give you chance to change your website before they fine you. 

Nick & Trudy Vandekar, 610-203-4543  Remember that you are the controller and your website provider and host are vendors or processors and do so technically under your direction. You are the one ultimately responsible for every IP that visits your website. So much for personal responsibity of individuals - seems to be the way the world keeps moving. 

Don't ignore it for long. Start making small steps towards compliance. The bigger point is that the U.S. congress is already working on something for U.S. UGH!!!!

Gabriel Gross  Thank you for adding this. You are right! I am most concerned with predatory attorneys. Also, it covers more than just the EU, even countries like Romania are covered. 

NAR was too busy designing an ugly new logo that they ended up scrapping after the feedback they received over how  terrrible it was. hehehe 

I was just thinking about this as well. You may have people just searching online for non compliant websites to start some drama!

Victoria CB Trees I can see the nasty threatening letters already! It is the thing I worry the most about. Just like what happened with the Patent scalpers. 

You are welcome Fred Griffin 

Kimo Jarrett I wish it were that simple, but it is not. The issue is that there are people who block their IP addresses All EU IP addresses are now considered private data. How ignorant and what a burden that is on small business owners. The other thing is that it protects the EU citizens no matter what country they are in. So while blocking them is a start for agents in states that rarely get traffic from the EU, it won't help for those already living here. 

Nathan Gesner  So true!!! I can not stand the way they make a mess of everything. They write laws that we need to hire more attorneys for to disect, etc. So sick of it! 

BTW- I just noticed (sorry for my not noticing before) you are in Cody! What a great town that is!!! Not as wonderful as Jackson Hole which is Heaven on earth :) but still, I love visiting Cody! 

Debbie Gartner  I know, a royal pain. And I will be last minute on getting it done. 

I know about Califonia's but not GA. 

I think you are on the right track. Too bad it takes away from generating leads, etc. :( 

Jerry Newman You are welcome. Market leader has a pretty good privacy policy but still lacking a few things, which remember, they are in Canada not the EU. ActiveRain will have to change out their privacy page and terms and disclose that they are collecting data. Our own personal blogs on AR - are a bit different. But we are still liable if some lead emails us through the AR system. 

Working on your suggestions, Karterina. I need a form for my other blogs and websites. 

I hear ya!!!!!! Gary L. Waters, Broker Owner, Waters Realty of Brevard, LLC 

Thank you John Wiley There is a lot of work to do! YIKES! and I am behind! 

I did not spell it out since it really did not matter to me what it stands for. Regulation is regulation no matter how they want to name it. Sorry about that. Nancy Hilburn 

Anna Hatridge  Fred is right, we all figured we had a good 20 years from the 1990's before the internet would become regulated. Not fun at all. 

Sheri Sperry - MCNE® Which algorithm change, the one Etsy is doing or the one Google is doing? I think that is so sad! I am so upet! This is precisely what hurts the small solopreneurs and moms trying to just make a little extra at home, etc. It is so annoying. I think her traffic dropped because of the changes to the data collecting. While it only applies to EU citizens, companies like Etsy are not going to separate the EU citizens from the rest of their traffic, so they are getting rid of a lot of search terms and search signals for keywords. So terrible! It does not hurt a private party it actually is beneficial to them since we are then only serving up the things they specifically are searching for. 

So agree! M.C. Dwyer 

And this is a problem when you are at their mercy. 

Since they are a Canadian company they may not be adhearing to the regulations. They have their own in Canada. 

I would create a policy page on your point 2 site at least. 

Check my other featured post that has some more info on it.