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At least in France, there's CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) that started going after the top non-compliant websites and sending lo
by jakub_g 5y ago
At least in France, there's CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) that started going after the top non-compliant websites and sending love letters like "you have N days to become compliant".
[1] https://www.cnil.fr/en/home https://www.cnil.fr/en/home
- quotemstr 5y agoAnd then Europeans complain when the rest of the world geoblocks them.
- samjmck 5y agoNo one's complaining about not being able to access shitty websites that can't be arsed to make clear which companies are tracking you.
- galgalesh 5y agoWhere are these fictional Europeans who want strong enforcement of privacy laws and complain about geoblocking? The whole point is that either you follow our laws or you lose access to Europe. Geoblocking is just self-regulation.
- datenarsch 5y agoHere's one. I hate it how I can no longer access 90% of local US news websites.
- hnarn 5y agoEvery single time I've had this problem I've just used the Google cache or archive.org
- anoncake 5y agoNo, we politely inform you that geoblocking is not actually required. But thanks for protecting us from your privacy-violating website anyway.