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Pretty sure that breaches GDPR and maybe CCPA. Maybe they can get away with anonomyzing the data but that doesn't sound like what is being done.
by mesozoic 6y ago
Pretty sure that breaches GDPR and maybe CCPA. Maybe they can get away with anonomyzing the data but that doesn't sound like what is being done.
- true_religion 6y agoSure, but a local paper like the New York Times is hardly subject to the laws of the EU, so GDPR doesn’t apply.
- wtfishackernews 6y agoIf their website is accessible from the EU then they are subject to GDPR.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoIt does if they take subscribers from the EU (or california) and apply this process to them. It's incredibly straightforward. If you do business in some jurisdiction, then that business is subject to the jurisdiction's laws.
- mopsi 6y agoNot only do they take subscribers, they actively target the European market. When I open nytimes.com, a pop-up offers 0,50€/week digital access.
- true_religion 6y agoHmm, it seems I was wrong then. I had thought that they didn’t localize to any EU countries, but I guess they have more of a global market than the other papers I am more familiar with.
- kube-system 6y agoThe EU says that GDPR applies globally. Some violators might successfully keep their assets out of the reach of EU enforcement, but that's going to be really tough to do for any large business with global operations.