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I think that's the "easy" way to manage GDPR that lots of non-EU (particularly from the USA) site are using: - EU IP? Blocked. It's beyond silly.
by tecleandor 6y ago
I think that's the "easy" way to manage GDPR that lots of non-EU (particularly from the USA) site are using:
- EU IP? Blocked.
It's beyond silly.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoIt's not: they don't operate in the EU, they don't want to give up their tracking, and they don't want to conform to EU privacy measures. That's perfectly fine, and simply denying EU visitors is the easiest and cheapest solution.
- lou1306 6y agoBut then, it should respond with a 451 error rather than a generic 403 :)
- Rexxar 6y agoSo "big brother" that want to track everything use a reference to 1984 to criticize a law that protect against it ? Perfect double speak in action (sadly).
- lou1306 6y agoThe 451 code (which, by the way, is a reference to Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, not Orwell's 1984) just says that a resource is "unavailable for legal reasons". These "legal reasons" may be user-hostile (e.g., censorship) or user-friendly (e.g., GDPR). Having said that, it's just good form to specify why exactly a request was denied rather than spitting out an "access denied" response and call it a day. Be liberal in what you receive, conservative in what you send, yada yada.
- Rexxar 6y agoIndeed, for some reasons the two books are very near in my memory and each time I think to one of them memories of the other comes.
- seszett 6y agoNot doing anything special is easier and cheaper though. As long as they don't target EU customers, GDPR doesn't apply to them.
- guitarbill 6y agoSo more explicitly, since they don't operate in the EU, don't seem to be owned by a multi-national that does, they wouldn't have to worry about GDPR, someone else is worried? And that's likely whatever ad slinging network or tracking they use?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoEh, it's better than the alternative of a giant annoying useless popup.