Why do some Europeans hide their faces on social media? Why don't Americans care more about how their personal data is being used by companies and the government? Why are Europeans seemingly more private and why are Americans seemingly more negligent? What's the best way to approach a European when getting social media permission and how effectively enforced are European data protection laws in non-Europe spaces?

All of these questions are ones that Mary Grace and Marco dive deeper into during this episode, both from the American and the European perspectives respectively.

(00:00) Intro and Overview

(02:04) European Perspective of Online Privacy

(03:58) American Perspective of Online Privacy

(04:59) Marco's 1st American Data Protection Culture Shock

(06:02) The GDPR in Europe

(07:05) Penalty Fines & Enforcement

(08:08) Why doesn't the U.S. have one single federal data protection law?

(09:29) Social Media Privacy

(14:04) Marco's 2011 Facebook Culture Shock

(16:13) Are Germans more skeptical of posting on social media?

(17:19) The Job Application Double Standard

(20:18) Blurring Out License Plates in German Media

(21:58) Europeans on non-European websites

(23:06) Financial Data and Credit Cards

(24:55) American Credit Card Culture Shock in Germany

(28:29) Health Information and Data

(30:44) The American Social Security Number

(32:54) Last Remarks