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I take it as a sign of EU politicians writing laws that make a lot of content publishers on the internet making a choice of either walking on bureaucratic eggsh

by lxe 6y ago

I take it as a sign of EU politicians writing laws that make a lot of content publishers on the internet making a choice of either walking on bureaucratic eggshells or simply blocking EU access altogether. Also California.

bryanrasmussen 6y ago
In the case of the GDPR the easiest way to comply is to not track any private data, and if you do that you don't even need to ask permission!
- cmdli 6y ago
  Well, the easiest way to comply is to simply not serve EU folks. Chances are finding new advertising partners and changing up all their software is much harder, especially for what looks like a relatively local newspaper.
  - erik_seaberg 6y ago
    Even if you don't do anything the EU wouldn't like, hiring specialists to follow their process proving it is an expense that never ends.
- onion2k 6y ago
  Not tracking people is quite hard when things like an IP address in a server log is considered personal data. You need to switch off a lot of the standard default logging on your servers, or work to configure it to not record any "personal identifiable data" after your lawyers have told you what that means in the context of your app, to not track people. In any significant website that's a lot of work and you lose a lot of useful stuff like effective error logs as well as tracking information. It's not hard to understand why people just block the EU instead.
  - forgotmypw17 6y ago
    Note: It is only when you venture into third-party tracking and sharing collected information that you need a warning. You do not need a warning for cookies which are just used for site preferences, the IP address being stored in access.log, or any other things used for "normal site operation" and not potentially identifying the user.
fogihujy 6y ago
If they block me because their business model is dependant on tracking me without my consent, then I'm quite happy with said politicians' work. The ones in California apparently aren't half-bad either.

by lxe 6y ago

bryanrasmussen 6y ago

In the case of the GDPR the easiest way to comply is to not track any private data, and if you do that you don't even need to ask permission!

cmdli 6y ago
Well, the easiest way to comply is to simply not serve EU folks. Chances are finding new advertising partners and changing up all their software is much harder, especially for what looks like a relatively local newspaper.
- erik_seaberg 6y ago
  Even if you don't do anything the EU wouldn't like, hiring specialists to follow their process proving it is an expense that never ends.
onion2k 6y ago
Not tracking people is quite hard when things like an IP address in a server log is considered personal data. You need to switch off a lot of the standard default logging on your servers, or work to configure it to not record any "personal identifiable data" after your lawyers have told you what that means in the context of your app, to not track people. In any significant website that's a lot of work and you lose a lot of useful stuff like effective error logs as well as tracking information. It's not hard to understand why people just block the EU instead.
- forgotmypw17 6y ago
  Note: It is only when you venture into third-party tracking and sharing collected information that you need a warning. You do not need a warning for cookies which are just used for site preferences, the IP address being stored in access.log, or any other things used for "normal site operation" and not potentially identifying the user.

fogihujy 6y ago

If they block me because their business model is dependant on tracking me without my consent, then I'm quite happy with said politicians' work. The ones in California apparently aren't half-bad either.