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welcome to cookie policies in 2019. EU privacy breaks the internet for european IP ranges.

• bad_user 8y ago
  Well actually I'm glad that I'm protected by GDPR. If I can't read time.com, that's their loss, not mine. If they are blocking EU users, that can only mean they were using ad bidding exchanges that violate users privacy and I want nothing to do with such publications.
  • laythea 8y ago
    Well said.
  • ersii 8y ago
    Or maybe the rules are too crazy to keep up with and not worth their time and resources? Who knows.
    • baq 8y ago
      Rules are simple really - if you can identify me, you must provide a way for me to tell me what you know about me and to stop tracking me for any purpose at my discretion. Is it much to ask for?
      • calciphus 8y ago
        If that's all it was, it would be easy. The problem is that GDPR compliance is a negotiation with lawyers and an ongoing threat of lawsuits for any precieved misstep. It means maintaining a legal entity (your Data Privacy Officer) who either reviews everything or who sets internal policies (both approaches have risks). For some companies it is worth it. For some it is not.
        • bad_user 8y ago
          The lawsuits are mostly initiated by “ambulance chasers” and for that reason most of them will fail. Also the data protection authorities are there for guidance too, not just for giving fines. You don’t need to hire lawyers, you can just contact your local DPA. And if you do that, and take steps to be compliant, you’re acting in good faith. Fact of the matter is most publishers are not compliant because most publishers use bidding exchanges and the bidding exchanges currently leak user data in a way that cannot be GDPR-compliant, even with user consent. But in such a case it is naive to blame the GDPR. We are talking about an entire industry built on profiling users based on leaked data and that needs to change.
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