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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @10:44AM
The cost of compliance for small businesses is not onerous? It equalises nothing, the EU are subject to lobbying from big business where the cost of compliance is not an issue, some employees do not care about exposing personal data and the resulting fine can be factored in. It doesn't equalise, it centralises.
I have location disabled but surely someone figured out by now that there should be a "just once" button when allowing a web site to access location data to autocomplete a form? It's a technical problem and not a legislative one.
If (as a consumer) you were mis-sold a license as a product, ask for a refund. [europa.eu] If it's a consumer purchase from outside the EU, this is why you use a credit card. I'm unclear what this has to do with GDPR? Licensing after purchase was something I recall being a much discussed issue decades ago but AFAIK none of the software companies ever changed their business model.