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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   
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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• We CAN ignore it - it isn't aimed at us. We CAN ignore it - it isn't aimed at us. (Score: 5, Insightful) by janrinok on Tuesday May 29 2018, @07:49AM (1 child)

  by janrinok (52) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @07:49AM (#685480) Journal

  Of course you can ignore it - because SN doesn't do any of the things that the GDPR is there to protect against. We don't aggregate user data, we don't sell that data, we take reasonable precautions to protect the data (that we don't collect). If people want to close their account they can - and we will delete all the data that we haven't collected on them. That doesn't seem like a major imposition on us, or any imposition at all to be honest.

  There appears to be a complete mind-fuck in the US regarding the GDPR. The only companies that should be concerned are the ones that are collecting data and then using it for purposes that the owner of that data hasn't agreed to. Nor do they give the data that they have collected adequate protection from abuse by accidental or malicious actors. And that is what is worrying some US companies. This might affect their business model - because despite what they claim their purpose to be on the web they actually make good money out of data collection and the sale and/or use of that data. Well, they are free to continue - but not with my data thank you.

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• Re:We CAN ignore it - it isn't aimed at us. (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday May 30 2018, @01:48PM

  by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday May 30 2018, @01:48PM (#686251) Homepage Journal

  Of course you can ignore it - because SN doesn't do any of the things that the GDPR is there to protect against.

  I was talking about my personal, non-SN dealings. I don't (and don't want to) make those kinds of decisions for SN. I just argue loudly about them. You already know this though, so I'll chalk it up to a lack of coffee worth drinking over on that side of the Atlantic induced misunderstanding.

  ...we take reasonable precautions to protect the data (that we don't collect).

  Actually, I think we could and should do better on that. Thus the queued story that's awaiting notes, changes, and management signoff.

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  My rights don't end where your fear begins.

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