[kevinr]

There's one very important problem with this approach: this blocks people from accessing your site who are doing so from the EU, whereas the GDPR applies to EU citizens, wherever they access the Internet from.

In other words, an EU citizen residing in and accessing the Internet from the US has just as much right to invoke the GDPR with these sites as an EU citizen residing in and accessing the Internet from the EU. Blocking people accessing your site from the EU does not allow your site to not respond to such requests.

[Laforet]

Do EU laws still apply when a person has physically left EU jurisdiction? I doubt it. After all, every egg sold in the US would be in violation of EU food safety laws (and vice versa).

[kevinr]

It depends on the law. In the case of the GDPR, it does apply despite the person not being physically in the EU.