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Various US News Websites Blocked as Europe's GDPR Data Privacy Law Goes Into Effect

posted by Fnord666 on Monday May 28 2018, @11:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-of-value-was-lost dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

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.

Source: foxnews.com/tech/2018/05/25/various-us-news-websites-blocked-as-europe-s-gdpr-data-privacy-law-goes-into-effect.html

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:40AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:40AM (#685387)

    EU is not blocking anyone about GDPR. But some sites may block EU IPs for whatever reason, from not being compliant, not wanting to test if they are, not wanting to get into legal trouble down the road or even trying to lobby EU (to keep on with "let's data rape our visitors" tactics) by means of bad PR for EU. Many other sites have pesky "I agree" pop ups instead.

    Sincerily, the way the news is redacted smells like airline with faulty airplanes decided to stop operating in some countries before being caught and preemptively blaming the safety agency that hasn't investigated them yet. But that is the world in which we live currently, specially from USA's POV, right? See Equifax bondongle as one of latest examples of SOP and (lack of) consequences after everything going boom.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @07:43AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @07:43AM (#685476)

    Many other sites have pesky "I agree" pop ups instead.

    And they are just as illegal now as they were with the cookie law. You must be able to say no, and they are not allowed to refuse service for saying no.

    • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:09PM

      by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:09PM (#685559) Journal

      If collection of personal data is on a "consent" basis, what you say is correct. But the GDPR also provides for a "contract" basis for collection of personal data, which is distinct from "consent". A site using the contract basis is normally a pay site, but "Search for an advertiser to sponsor your free day pass" enters into a contract, with the user's personal data as consideration.