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Oh, the LA Times seem to finally have taken down their GDPR wall. This is the first article on their domain that I’m able to read since last May, from Europe.

by w-m 8y ago

ChrisSD 8y ago
I always assumed they were just making a point. I'm not sure what that point was but I guess they consider it made.
phendrenad2 8y ago
They probably realized that they'll still get GDPR requests from EU citizens living abroad, so the block was fairly pointless.
- azernik 8y ago
  This is a false reading of GDPR - it applies only when either the person or the business involved is physically in the EU, not on the citizenship of the person involved. See Article 3: Territorial Scope (https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/). Useful terms: "data subject" is a natural person to whom the data relates, "processor" refers to an entity that works with the data, "controller" to an entity that "owns" the data. e.g. you would be a data subject, the LA Times would be the controller, and Google Analytics would be a data processor. ================================== 1. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not. 2. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to: a) the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; or b) the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union. 3. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the Union, but in a place where Member State law applies by virtue of public international law.
  - phendrenad2 8y ago
    Ah, thanks, I must have gotten that in the early days of the GDPR, when there was a lot of misinformation.

Oh, the LA Times seem to finally have taken down their GDPR wall. This is the first article on their domain that I’m able to read since last May, from Europe.

by w-m 8y ago

Oh, the LA Times seem to finally have taken down their GDPR wall. This is the first article on their domain that I’m able to read since last May, from Europe.

ChrisSD 8y ago

I always assumed they were just making a point. I'm not sure what that point was but I guess they consider it made.

phendrenad2 8y ago

They probably realized that they'll still get GDPR requests from EU citizens living abroad, so the block was fairly pointless.

azernik 8y ago
This is a false reading of GDPR - it applies only when either the person or the business involved is physically in the EU, not on the citizenship of the person involved. See Article 3: Territorial Scope (https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/). Useful terms: "data subject" is a natural person to whom the data relates, "processor" refers to an entity that works with the data, "controller" to an entity that "owns" the data. e.g. you would be a data subject, the LA Times would be the controller, and Google Analytics would be a data processor. ================================== 1. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not. 2. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to: a) the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; or b) the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union. 3. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the Union, but in a place where Member State law applies by virtue of public international law.
- phendrenad2 8y ago
  Ah, thanks, I must have gotten that in the early days of the GDPR, when there was a lot of misinformation.