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My guess is that there is not enough staff resources to ensure that all sites are compliant to the GDPR regulations so a blanket block of the EU was the most (o
by TrispusAttucks 5y ago
My guess is that there is not enough staff resources to ensure that all sites are compliant to the GDPR regulations so a blanket block of the EU was the most (only) cost effective solution to mitigate risk.
- gambiting 5y agoIf they don't have user accounts and no ads then there's literally nothing to do to be GDPR compliant. Literally zero.
- geoduck14 5y agoYou need to NOT store IP addresses. And the hosters that provide you traffic need to also NOT store them
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoYou're kidding, right? I was hoping after so many years it's clear. GDPR is about personal information. First, if you have no way of linking the IP to personal information, it does not apply. Second, even if it's linked (as in a web store etc.), storing it is perfectly fine! You just need to clearly state what information you store and for how long. Everybody, also in the EU, are storing IP addresses. Everybody. Even the company who bragged they don't store logs for privacy reasons was caught storing them. It is important, it is necessary, and in many cases required by law.
- mikewarot 5y agoWhy risk getting entangled in weird foreign laws that might still have consequences here? The simplest solution is the best, just say no thanks in a simple redirect.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoI understand why some people might be afraid of the risk. My point is that since you already implemented the code to detect EU customers, you could as well decide to not to set cookies rather than block them. In terms of complexity it's basically the same, but you get the benefit of increased exposure.