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I wish this sense of German/European sensibleness w.r.t. things digital could be transplanted into America. I'm really quite jealous of it.

• allendoerfer 7y ago
  I guess it already is being done. US citizens must also be benefitting from stuff like GDPR. It does not sound sensible for companies to implement it and then wilfully exclude US citizens. I think often times companies will just comply with all data protection rules globally for everyone.
  • droithomme 7y ago
    > US citizens must also be benefitting from stuff like GDPR. My benefit so far has been countless popups that either offer a "take it or leave it" Accept button with no other options, or a link to tens of thousands of pages of legal contracts detailing the service terms of hundreds of "partners". None of these sites really seem GDPR compliant to me at all, and I'm talking about EU based sites. US based sites are easier. Either do like here on HN and have no popup or notice or terms at all, just rightly ignoring the law which is in a foreign jurisdiction not controlled by treaty and which legally has absolutely no bearing. Or do ip block level shutdowns of access with a 451 code response, as well as adding to the TOS that those in EU jurisdiction are not permitted to use the site. A win for everyone.
    • darkpuma 7y ago
      You seem entirely too gleeful about users' privacy getting violated. Very far from "a win for everybody".