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How this checks if a user is European when using US VPN or being on holidays outside EU?
by merinowool 8y ago
How this checks if a user is European when using US VPN or being on holidays outside EU?
- repsilat 8y agoI suppose you have to use your TOS for that. (In fact, a banner that tells European users that they aren't allowed to use your site is probably the easiest way to insulate yourself -- if you collect their data because they used your service illegally, I'm not sure you can be blamed.)
- colek42 8y agoViolating TOS is not illegal...
- logronoide 8y agoIt doesn't. It just checks that somebody is connecting from an IP address geolocated in Europe. I tried to be sarcastic, but I think my English is not good enough :-)
- freedomben 8y agoI'm a native English speaker and I picked up on your sarcasm. You did great :-) That said, a constant source of miscommunication from native english to native english that is written, is missing sarcasm. Just a side effect of not having non-verbal communication cues.
- megaman22 8y agoIt uses its magic crystal ball, while simultaneously consulting a legion of captive demons to determine this and other similarly unknowable information.
- quickthrower2 8y agoUnknowable? It's can check your browser footprint and ask Facebook/Google if you are on holiday.
- oh_sigh 8y agoYou misunderstand the GDPR if you think you carry its protection around when you visit non-European locales.
- merinowool 8y agoThat is not true I am afraid.
- tomatotomato37 8y agoJust because a piece of paper in a European bureaucrat's filing cabinet says one thing doesn't make it reality
- azernik 8y agoThe legal text refers to "data subjects in the EU". This is pretty straightforward language, people.