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The "G" in "GDPR" is the same as the one in "AGI": "General".

As I understand it (not a lawyer), every country in the EU unified their data protection regulations to match it, and the penalties for non-compliance are the same in all cases.

So, even maximal enforcement shouldn't cause any company to relocate. So long as the companies accept this as reality.

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Actually, the GDPR only defines a minimal baseline for all the EU countries to meet. And countries didn't need to update their own laws to match it: since it is a Regulation rather than a Directive, the GDPR is enforcable in the entire EU even without a local law supporting it. Countries are still free to enact stricter policies if they want to, but those obviously wouldn't apply outside their own national borders.

Thanks; appears I got what "regulation" meant exactly backwards relative to the alternative.

I think it makes the conclusion stronger, in this case, but regardless, thanks :)

That's in theory; in practice countries often look the other way or delay actions when they see fit. I guess Ireland is running out of money they planned to get and are now trigger happy on Meta.

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