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I think we should rephrase, it's not "because of GDPR", it's "because of their incompetence". I have made a few sites GDPR-compliant, and honestly unless your
by nkkollaw 8y ago
I think we should rephrase, it's not "because of GDPR", it's "because of their incompetence".
I have made a few sites GDPR-compliant, and honestly unless your business practices are based on exploiting people's data, it's not that hard.
- donohoe 8y agoUnnecessarily harsh. It often comes down to advertising. No one (and I include Google and others in this) has properly figured out GDPR compliant advertising IMHO. The effort of disabling ads for EU visitors is higher than just blocking EU visitors if you don't have a lot of resources.
- nkkollaw 8y agoI think you're confused about what GDPR requires from companies. The whole thing is simply about not collecting data you're not supposed to need in order to provide the service, and whatever you do it must be opt-in. The only reason why a company needs to block a whole continent is that they've based their whole infrastructure on exploiting the user's data to such a level that they cannot provide their service without collecting and retain data they're not supposed to collect. As for "a lot of resources", Instagram and the L.A. Times should have enough resources to become compliant.