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What bothers me about GDPR is that you can’t make consent a precondition for service. Maybe user data is my business model. Or maybe I’m a US company and I don’

What bothers me about GDPR is that you can’t make consent a precondition for service. Maybe user data is my business model. Or maybe I’m a US company and I don’t want to have to deal with issues of Europeans accessing my site. Why should the GDPR be my problem if I’m not in the EU. Don’t like it, don’t use it. There’s too much over reach here.

ec109685 8y ago
That isn’t true. You can ask for what is necessary to run your business as a precondition for using your site.
- rdlecler1 8y ago
  No it’s not. https://www.google.com/amp/blog.lukaszolejnik.com/gdpr-consent-requirements-first-ico-guidelines/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/blog.lukaszolejnik.com/gdpr-conse...
  - ec109685 8y ago
    That isn’t true. YouTube for instance requires you to give basic consent to use YouTube: https://adexchanger.com/privacy/this-is-how-google-is-preparing-for-gdpr/ https://adexchanger.com/privacy/this-is-how-google-is-prepar... (not the best citation)
    - ec109685 8y ago
      Another example: https://mobile.twitter.com/johnnyryan/status/993827965594202112 https://mobile.twitter.com/johnnyryan/status/993827965594202...
cyphar 8y ago
Then block anyone from the EU from accessing your website. If you don't want to deal with EU laws then don't do business with the EU -- it's that simple. If you operated a legal online narcotics or pornography business you would have to do the same thing to not do business with countries where your wares would be illegal to sell. You can't have it both ways. Either you want to have EU residents as customers, or you don't want to deal with EU laws.