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> Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support o
by interfixus 8y ago
> Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism
- azinman2 8y agoYou’re not missing much.
- jessaustin 8y agoDo you imagine that this is the right place to complain about this phenomenon, which is by now well-known to people on HN?
- interfixus 8y agoI report a fact. The complaint is entirely your own imputation.
- jessaustin 8y agoThe fact is less interesting than the complaint. Yes we know that your regulators have broadcast ambiguous threats of ambiguous penalties around the world. It is a fact that does not require daily reminders.
- TomMarius 8y agoWe need to say it to remind our fellow EU citizens that are in favor.
- gammateam 8y agoregional news sites that skipped GDPR have pretty much nothing to report just VPN in though, if you really want to see torguard has a nice interface to switch servers pretty easily, but note that it changes the traffic from your whole computer and not just a browser
- notfromhere 8y agoregional news don't have the time or resources to deal with GDPR
- pluma 8y agoIf your business model can't be made GDPR compliant, your business model is abusive and defunct.
- TomMarius 8y agoYou know every business model on Earth, or what?
- pluma 8y agoYou haven't read the GDPR, have you?
- jessaustin 8y agohttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...
- pluma 8y agoThanks for the link, but I don't think the raw legal document is the most readable form for a layperson. Here's a more structured version: https://gdpr-info.eu/ https://gdpr-info.eu/ To elaborate on my original point: the GDPR establishes privacy and data ownership as human rights. The remainder just elaborates on what that means in practice and addresses when and how business interests might outweigh those principles. If your business model is incompatible with the GDPR, this almost always means you're intentionally or carelessly violating someone's (typically at least your customers') privacy or their rights to own and control their data. Note that there are many cases where those rights can already be limited for business reasons -- we're only talking about cases where not even those exemptions cover your behavior. That's why I'm calling such business models "abusive". You're intentionally ignoring your users' rights or you're intentionally neglecting to consider their rights. I call them "defunct" because even if you exist outside the scope of the GDPR right now, you will likely eventually either enter that scope or have to cooperate with companies who do -- at which point your non-compliance will become a defect. If your non-compliance is inherent in your business model, that defect cannot be resolved.