This is the exact quote, folks. No games!
It's anything but a happy General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) day for several major U.S. news organizations as their websites are temporarily blocked in Europe as a new data privacy law goes into effect today.
Websites such as the LA Times, NY Daily News and Chicago Tribune are all temporarily blocked this morning, saying their content is unavailable in most European countries.
Anyone trying to access the sites, which also include those owned by Tronc and Lee Enterprises (examples include Orlando Sentinel [Tronc], Arizona Daily Sun and the St. Louis Dispatch [Lee Entperises]) see a message explaining that the website is working with European authorities on trying to get access back as quickly as possible.
(Score: 1) by lars on Tuesday May 29 2018, @12:15AM (1 child)
I've been getting tons of emails from companies I long ago forgot I had signed up with. One wonders how many companies ended up with people closing their accounts or blocking them after getting a random, unwanted email.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @07:16AM
In my experience, the companies saying they will delete my account if I do not accept their new terms are those that I only have accounts with because they required it for some stupid reason - e.g. to download a firmware update.
Of course I just deleted those mails, if some of them end up deleting the accounts that I never wanted to create in the first place, it's a good thing.
The serious companies - e.g. Valve - just informed me that they have made minor corrections to comply with GDPR. The way it should be.