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Congratulations to the British People

Jumi

Jumi

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LuisDantas said:
It apparently doesn't (although The Guardian seems to be a fair cut better than some others), but I have been following a bit of Channel Four, somewhat more of TLDRNews and (mainly) A Different Bias on YouTube.
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If I watch UK news I mostly go for the Guardian(for same reason as you) or BBC.
 
Jumi

Jumi

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What greets me often now as a citizen of EU on many US sites is something like this:

Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism.
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It's ok, but if 11/13 gets implemented it will be much worse.
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Jumi said:
What greets me often now as a citizen of EU on many US sites is something like this:



It's ok, but if 11/13 gets implemented it will be much worse.
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Seems its its easier for some American websites to trap EU IP addresses and redirect them to a page which basically says go away copulating we dont want to play by European rules rather than inconveniencing its american user base by asking them if its ok to use cookies.
 
Jumi

Jumi

Well-Known Member
ChristineM said:
Seems its its easier for some American websites to trap EU IP addresses and redirect them to a page which basically says go away copulating we dont want to play by European rules rather than inconveniencing its american user base by asking them if its ok to use cookies.
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It's not about irritating pop ups about cookies or blocking sites (which is an "unintended" or "unseen" consequence)...

We had training to gdpr compliance. If you don't comply even if you're not in the EU, be prepared to get slapped with fines that will put at least small newspapers out of business. Not everyone can afford training to comply to EU laws especially if their paying subscribers are almost all not from the EU. If they make a small mistake they could go bankrupt. They'd rather pay some company to automatically block EU traffic than take risks with us. Despite the positive direction of gdpr, it's unnecessarily bulky and repetitive.

Lower level
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Up to €10 million, or 2% of the worldwide annual revenue of the prior financial year, whichever is higher, shall be issued for infringements of:

  • Controllers and processors under Articles 8, 11, 25-39, 42, 43
  • Certification body under Articles 42, 43
  • Monitoring body under Article 41(4)
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Up to €20 million, or 4% of the worldwide annual revenue of the prior financial year, whichever is higher, shall be issued for infringements of:

  • The basic principles for processing, including conditions for consent, under Articles 5, 6, 7, and 9
  • The data subjects’ rights under Articles 12-22
  • The transfer of personal data to a recipient in a third country or an international organisation under Articles 44-49
  • Any obligations pursuant to Member State law adopted under Chapter IX
  • Any non-compliance with an order by a supervisory authority (83.6)
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ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Jumi said:
It's not about irritating pop ups about cookies or blocking sites (which is an "unintended" or "unseen" consequence)...

We had training to gdpr compliance. If you don't comply even if you're not in the EU, be prepared to get slapped with fines that will put at least small newspapers out of business. Not everyone can afford training to comply to EU laws especially if their paying subscribers are almost all not from the EU. If they make a small mistake they could go bankrupt. They'd rather pay some company to automatically block EU traffic than take risks with us. Despite the positive direction of gdpr, it's unnecessarily bulky and repetitive.
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Yes, cookies are a way of collecting information long term, for example a site can check how many times you have visited and your viewing habits and use (or sell) that information

It also covers data collected by servers. All servers collect information, european or not, some of it identifiable to you such as your ip address and web pages you have visited at what time of day. Its easy to add a privacy policy and/or to say "we not not use your data" unless of course you do use the data. Or as we set up on our server, a CRON to delete the server logs every hour or so.
 
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