Does GDPR disclosure apply to European citizen temporarily in United States?
<p>For some background: the EU "[Data Protection Directive][1]" is a European Union directive which regulates the processing of personal data within the European Union, as explained in [this Wikipedia article][2]. Among these regulations is the rule that individuals have right for a copy of the data that has been collected about them.</p>

<p>The question is, what about cases such as an EU citizen who is in United States on, say, a temporary 2-year work assignment sent by their employer? Let's say that during his stay in USA he becomes a member of an international organization that stores some details about him, or creates an account at some website that gathers information about his online behavior.</p>

<p>Questions:</p>

<ol>
<li>Would data collected by the EU citizen in this case also be subject
to the GDPR disclosure laws?</li>
<li>Would the EU citizen have to return to EU in order to be able to
request a copy of his data?</li>
</ol>

<h2>No</h2>

<p>GDPR applies to people (not just citizens) who are in the EU. It has no applicability if both parties are not in the EU.</p>

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