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No, this message is as american as it gets. What they are really saying is "We are not allowed to profile and sell the data of european visitors like we do with
by dual_dingo 4y ago
No, this message is as american as it gets. What they are really saying is "We are not allowed to profile and sell the data of european visitors like we do with americans because of the GDPR, so they are not relevant to us". This relentless commercialization and lack of privacy is not exactly new.
- dismantlethesun 4y agoCan there be enough European visitors to a Florida local paper for them to care about monetization? I agree with those who say that this is just a worry about having to field GDPR notices from Europeans who have no actual power over them now. But if in the future the paper is bought by a conglomerate that also has a European branch, there might be liability for past acts.
- Max-q 4y agoI totally agree, it probably doesn’t make sense to a US news site to put work into complying with GDPR. Totally fine. But why then say that I’m important to them?! I’m the opposite. I’m not important to them, and that’s ok. No need to lie about it.
- quickthrowman 4y agoOr it could be “We are a local news organization that rarely has EU traffic so paying a law firm to advise us on GDPR compliance would be a negative ROI.” Some laws have unintended or unforeseen consequences. Use archive.today or archive.org if you want to view the article.