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The first thing I notice on this site is a banner telling me that I will be tracked unless I opt out. This isn't even GDPR compliant.

• sampo 5y ago
  > This isn't even GDPR compliant. Our World in Data in run by Oxford University, so outside of EU. The applicability of EU GDPR laws outside EU is a complicated topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation#Applicability_outside_of_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...
  • kjakm 5y ago
    Although the GDPR is an EU Regulation it is incorporated into UK law and that hasn't changed since Brexit. https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/dp-at-the-end-of-the-transition-period/data-protection-now-the-transition-period-has-ended/the-gdpr/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/dp-at-the-end-of-the-tr...
  • hellow0rldz 5y ago
    It's not that complicated but if you are too small you don't worry about it. If you are big (like this site here) you have lawyers so you also don't worry about it.