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Careful with that website. I am trying to access it from EU. "We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European E

Careful with that website. I am trying to access it from EU. "We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact webadmin@tdtnews.com or call 254-778-4444."

denimnerd42 2y ago
oh interesting. well if someone wants to learn more via a search engine could use terms distillation column crash and: > The incident occurred at about 11:20 a.m. April 27 on State Highway 36 near State Highway 317 in West Temple.
rat87 2y ago
That's not a sign of anything malicious. GDPR is just a pain in the ass to implement properly, for some US websites it's just much easier to ban people from the EU from accessing it then risk the potentially massive fines
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  Exactly this. I've seen many EU folk assume if a site doesn't bother with GDPR it must be malicious. When really it's just easier to avoid the EU since they decided they think their laws can apply worldwide.
  - flemhans 2y ago
    I'm from Europe and never think of GDPR helping anything much, just annoyance. I can understand why other countries won't bother. What happens btw if an American company just ignores GDPR but still welcomes European visitors? Why would they care about EU law?
    - DEADMINCE 2y ago
      > What happens btw if an American company just ignores GDPR but still welcomes European visitors? Why would they care about EU law? EU claims EU law applies to US sites if a EU citizen visits it. This has yet to be tested in court though. I'm incredibly skeptical that it can be enforced.
      - markus92 2y ago
        Works the other way about piracy or drugs or anything.
      - flemhans 2y ago
        It seems weird that someone doing something in another non-EU country would involve the EU at all!
    - idiotsecant 2y ago
      If the American company doesn't sell things to European customers I don't think GDPR even applies.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
  It's not a pain in the ass at all. Just, don't track/store data on people.
  - jdlshore 2y ago
    You also have to have a European GDPR representative, plus legal review to make sure you’re in compliance. It’s not hard, and not necessarily a large cost, but I can see it being judged “not worth it” for a small concern.
DEADMINCE 2y ago
There's not really too much need for caution; they are just saying the GDPR doesn't apply to them and they would rather not deal with any issues. I do the same thing with many sites I manage, it's significantly less potential hassle.
TacticalCoder 2y ago
This happens semi-regularly with links posted on HN. I always read it only as US websites who don't give a crap about the only domain where the EU is leading: countless regulation. They just don't want to bother with the PITA that the GDPR is and just give that failing continent that my EU is the middle finger. I think it's totally justified.

denimnerd42 2y ago

oh interesting. well if someone wants to learn more via a search engine could use terms distillation column crash and: > The incident occurred at about 11:20 a.m. April 27 on State Highway 36 near State Highway 317 in West Temple.

rat87 2y ago

That's not a sign of anything malicious. GDPR is just a pain in the ass to implement properly, for some US websites it's just much easier to ban people from the EU from accessing it then risk the potentially massive fines

DEADMINCE 2y ago
Exactly this. I've seen many EU folk assume if a site doesn't bother with GDPR it must be malicious. When really it's just easier to avoid the EU since they decided they think their laws can apply worldwide.
- flemhans 2y ago
  I'm from Europe and never think of GDPR helping anything much, just annoyance. I can understand why other countries won't bother. What happens btw if an American company just ignores GDPR but still welcomes European visitors? Why would they care about EU law?
  - DEADMINCE 2y ago
    > What happens btw if an American company just ignores GDPR but still welcomes European visitors? Why would they care about EU law? EU claims EU law applies to US sites if a EU citizen visits it. This has yet to be tested in court though. I'm incredibly skeptical that it can be enforced.
    - markus92 2y ago
      Works the other way about piracy or drugs or anything.
    - flemhans 2y ago
      It seems weird that someone doing something in another non-EU country would involve the EU at all!
  - idiotsecant 2y ago
    If the American company doesn't sell things to European customers I don't think GDPR even applies.
HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
It's not a pain in the ass at all. Just, don't track/store data on people.
- jdlshore 2y ago
  You also have to have a European GDPR representative, plus legal review to make sure you’re in compliance. It’s not hard, and not necessarily a large cost, but I can see it being judged “not worth it” for a small concern.

DEADMINCE 2y ago

There's not really too much need for caution; they are just saying the GDPR doesn't apply to them and they would rather not deal with any issues. I do the same thing with many sites I manage, it's significantly less potential hassle.

TacticalCoder 2y ago

This happens semi-regularly with links posted on HN. I always read it only as US websites who don't give a crap about the only domain where the EU is leading: countless regulation. They just don't want to bother with the PITA that the GDPR is and just give that failing continent that my EU is the middle finger. I think it's totally justified.