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GDPR strikes again! > Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at o
by oil25 7y ago
GDPR strikes again!
> 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.
- Nextgrid 7y agoIt’s not the GDPR’s fault if their (apparently) award-winning journalism comes with stalking.
- tinus_hn 7y agoIt doesn’t specify the award so it could have been anything, like the Big Brother privacy invasion award.
- sharperguy 7y agoAll websites collect data on visitors. They don't want to expose themselves to the risk of being fined by the EU for not following their detailed regulations, when they have very few customers from there. It doesn't necessarily mean they're doing anything beyond what most websites in the EU are doing.
- perfmode 7y agosites don’t need to collect data. it’s a choice which comes with a cost
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agosites also don't need to be prohibited from collecting data, that too is a choice with a cost as shown here.
- Nextgrid 7y agoDisagreed. You are allowed to invite your friends home and interact with them without having to keep a mandatory spying device in your house to record the interaction. Why should spying be allowed when you make a web search or click on a link?
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agoWhats spying? In this situation they are merely recording signals that your device is sending to them. If you don't like the operator having the information contained within or inferred by those signals simply don't send them. Many plugins and browsers exist for that sole purpose.
- Nextgrid 7y ago> merely recording signals that your device is sending to them They are not just recording the signals your device sends them to retrieve the page. They are serving pieces of malware (ads) that cause your device to fingerprint itself and then send back more signals containing personal data.