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We still doin this EU block thing? Wonder what GDPR rules they're not compliant with https://cdn.imgy.org/rOyn.png https://cdn.imgy.org/rOyn.png

by corobo 5y ago

Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
For starters using the range ban dodge, as if an EU data subject can’t conceivably use a VPN to circumvent it.
Aerroon 5y ago
Maybe they just don't want to spend money on figuring out whether they're compliant or not? It's not like they'd be making much money from serving Atlanta news to Europeans.
- corobo 5y ago
  It amazes me that there's people on HN who play fast and loose with their data to defend a company that clearly doesn't care about the safety of it It's easy to be GDPR compliant. It just is. You do have to respect your users though, I can see why many companies had trouble with it
  - Aerroon 5y ago
    It amazes me that there are people on HN that don't want to acknowledge that complying with regulation costs money even if you're doing everything right. Just to simply figure out what the regulation says will cost a fair amount in lawyers. If a company can't justify this cost because Europeans don't make them money, then why would they do it?! >It's easy to be GDPR compliant. And that's why companies spent millions on just paying lawyers to figure out what it said, right? >But when it comes to the cost of maintaining GDPR compliance, it found that 88% spend more than $1 million and 40% spend more than $10 million. https://www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/how-much-does-gdpr-compliance-cost-in-2020 https://www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/how-much-does-gdpr-compl... If European customers don't make them this money back then there is no point in doing it. It sucks for us, Europeans, but the EU decided for us that we shouldn't have easy access to the whole internet.
    - corobo 5y ago
      I also said if you respect your users. They pay millions to continue the status quo as best they can, not to adapt to the new rules. The millions were to cover the marketing dept's desire to continue cramming Hotjar and all that other creepy guff into the page. Why do it? Because Americans and other non-EU citizens deserve privacy too mate

We still doin this EU block thing? Wonder what GDPR rules they're not compliant with https://cdn.imgy.org/rOyn.png https://cdn.imgy.org/rOyn.png

by corobo 5y ago

We still doin this EU block thing? Wonder what GDPR rules they're not compliant with https://cdn.imgy.org/rOyn.png https://cdn.imgy.org/rOyn.png

Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago

For starters using the range ban dodge, as if an EU data subject can’t conceivably use a VPN to circumvent it.

Aerroon 5y ago

Maybe they just don't want to spend money on figuring out whether they're compliant or not? It's not like they'd be making much money from serving Atlanta news to Europeans.

corobo 5y ago
It amazes me that there's people on HN who play fast and loose with their data to defend a company that clearly doesn't care about the safety of it It's easy to be GDPR compliant. It just is. You do have to respect your users though, I can see why many companies had trouble with it
- Aerroon 5y ago
  It amazes me that there are people on HN that don't want to acknowledge that complying with regulation costs money even if you're doing everything right. Just to simply figure out what the regulation says will cost a fair amount in lawyers. If a company can't justify this cost because Europeans don't make them money, then why would they do it?! >It's easy to be GDPR compliant. And that's why companies spent millions on just paying lawyers to figure out what it said, right? >But when it comes to the cost of maintaining GDPR compliance, it found that 88% spend more than $1 million and 40% spend more than $10 million. https://www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/how-much-does-gdpr-compliance-cost-in-2020 https://www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/how-much-does-gdpr-compl... If European customers don't make them this money back then there is no point in doing it. It sucks for us, Europeans, but the EU decided for us that we shouldn't have easy access to the whole internet.
  - corobo 5y ago
    I also said if you respect your users. They pay millions to continue the status quo as best they can, not to adapt to the new rules. The millions were to cover the marketing dept's desire to continue cramming Hotjar and all that other creepy guff into the page. Why do it? Because Americans and other non-EU citizens deserve privacy too mate