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Because the next thing you know the EU is suing you for billions of Euros.

cddotdotslash 2y ago
Expect to see more of this, especially when the audience is local/US. IIRC, some newspapers are already doing region blocks. Why should website owners targeting US visitors spend _any_ amount of money making their content comply with asinine regulations (like cookie banners)?
- cinntaile 2y ago
  Cookie banners are not a regulation requirement. Contrary to what you seem to believe...There were more geoblocks when the EU law went into action a couple of years ago. There are less now.
  - kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
    EU cookie directive predates GDPR. Notices have long been required by that regulation for use of non-essential cookies.
  - cddotdotslash 2y ago
    > There were more geoblocks when the EU law went into action a couple of years ago. There are less now. Source for that?
    - cinntaile 2y ago
      My personal experience.
deathanatos 2y ago
"Doctor it hurts…", IANAL. I mean … as I understand the Europeans' law, only if you're doing dumb things to begin with, like giving users' data away to random 3rd parties hellbent on shoving "ads" down one's throat. If you had just made this site a simple HTML page that just had the information the MTA wanted to convey on it, AIUI the EU doesn't have a problem. Which … the MTA does appear to be, sending requests to Google, LinkedIn, and some other CDNs. I also don't think the MTA has any EU presence, so what are they going to do?
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > as I understand the Europeans' law, only if you're doing dumb things to begin with, like giving users' data away to random 3rd parties hellbent on shoving "ads" down one's throat There is a massive difference between complying with the law and proving you comply. (Think: IRS audit.) > don't think the MTA has any EU presence, so what are they going to do? Send letters. The MTA would be obligated to respond to them, which means legal bills.
  - deathanatos 2y ago
    > There is a massive difference between complying with the law and proving you comply. (Think: IRS audit.) > The MTA would be obligated to respond to them, which means legal bills. …why would the MTA be obligated to respond to them? They've no jurisdiction/sovereignty over an American transit agency. Why would they audit themselves against laws that don't apply to them? (Again, jurisdiction?) I've never worked for a company that audited itself against every law from every nation on Earth; we complied with the laws where we had a presence and did business.
- returningfory2 2y ago
  > ...AIUI the EU doesn't have a problem We're talking about a US transit agency. Even thinking about whether the EU has a problem with the agency's website is sort of absurd to begin with.
  - warkdarrior 2y ago
    Did this US transit agency, MTA, obtain permission from all EU citizens who traveled on the MTA to share their data with the whole world?
    - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      > Did this US transit agency, MTA, obtain permission from all EU citizens who traveled on the MTA Not how jurisdiction works.
    - 2y ago

Expect to see more of this, especially when the audience is local/US. IIRC, some newspapers are already doing region blocks. Why should website owners targeting US visitors spend _any_ amount of money making their content comply with asinine regulations (like cookie banners)?

cinntaile 2y ago
Cookie banners are not a regulation requirement. Contrary to what you seem to believe...There were more geoblocks when the EU law went into action a couple of years ago. There are less now.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
  EU cookie directive predates GDPR. Notices have long been required by that regulation for use of non-essential cookies.
- cddotdotslash 2y ago
  > There were more geoblocks when the EU law went into action a couple of years ago. There are less now. Source for that?
  - cinntaile 2y ago
    My personal experience.

deathanatos 2y ago

"Doctor it hurts…", IANAL. I mean … as I understand the Europeans' law, only if you're doing dumb things to begin with, like giving users' data away to random 3rd parties hellbent on shoving "ads" down one's throat. If you had just made this site a simple HTML page that just had the information the MTA wanted to convey on it, AIUI the EU doesn't have a problem. Which … the MTA does appear to be, sending requests to Google, LinkedIn, and some other CDNs. I also don't think the MTA has any EU presence, so what are they going to do?

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> as I understand the Europeans' law, only if you're doing dumb things to begin with, like giving users' data away to random 3rd parties hellbent on shoving "ads" down one's throat There is a massive difference between complying with the law and proving you comply. (Think: IRS audit.) > don't think the MTA has any EU presence, so what are they going to do? Send letters. The MTA would be obligated to respond to them, which means legal bills.
- deathanatos 2y ago
  > There is a massive difference between complying with the law and proving you comply. (Think: IRS audit.) > The MTA would be obligated to respond to them, which means legal bills. …why would the MTA be obligated to respond to them? They've no jurisdiction/sovereignty over an American transit agency. Why would they audit themselves against laws that don't apply to them? (Again, jurisdiction?) I've never worked for a company that audited itself against every law from every nation on Earth; we complied with the laws where we had a presence and did business.
returningfory2 2y ago
> ...AIUI the EU doesn't have a problem We're talking about a US transit agency. Even thinking about whether the EU has a problem with the agency's website is sort of absurd to begin with.
- warkdarrior 2y ago
  Did this US transit agency, MTA, obtain permission from all EU citizens who traveled on the MTA to share their data with the whole world?
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > Did this US transit agency, MTA, obtain permission from all EU citizens who traveled on the MTA Not how jurisdiction works.
  - 2y ago