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bydavidwr ( 791652 ) writes:
Cutting customers off on less than a month's notice is very bad for your own reputation.
Better option from a PR standpoint:
* Pay the fine, then appeal it. Paying first make you look like a good corporate citizen in the eyes of the rest of the world.
* Immediately stop accepting new customers in Italy.
* Tell all existing customers in Italy that you are declaring Force majeure and ending their services in 90 days.
* Let it be known that the above notices will be rescinded if you reach an amicable agreement wit
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
Cutting customers off on less than a month's notice is very bad for your own reputation.
But it's Italy's fault. That's the play here. That's always the play when a company fights a government with such a threat. Cloudflare will claim they were forced to do this, and in a twisted view of the situation they were.
In other words, leave Italy but do it on terms that don't make your non-Italian customers worried that you may cut them off on short notice.
I don't know about that. I actively applaud companies who remind the world that business continuity plans need to exist, and that end users should fight against ridiculous laws by the government. Non-Italian customers may think twice about letting their governments pass fascist laws if i
byclivedon ( 10477540 ) writes:
You must have missed the part where the fine is more than twice what CloudFlare made from Italy in a year. If Italy threatened my company with such a fine, I'd pull out of there, too!
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