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: 4, Insightful) by theluggage on Tuesday May 29 2018, @12:31PM (1 child)
A masterpiece in disingenuous reporting. Let's fix that for you:
GDPR is not something that can be totally ignored, but there's also a lot of FUD...
Does anybody like the idea that when you buy a tube of pile cream from an online pharmacy and don't spot the "don't uncheck this box if you don't not want to receive useful information from our partners" option you'll be ground zero for spam for miracle cures, rubber rings and high-fibre diet plans?
Of course, if you do suffer a major data breach, its much worse to be fined by a government agency – if (a) they can be arsed and (b) you're found negligent – than the wodnerful US system: a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 2,000,000 people who the lawyers claim have suffered irreparable harm (even if they hadn't noticed until the lawyers told them, of course) which will cost you $100k to defend even if you win... isn't it?
The bizarre thing is not the US's paranoia about governments (quite justified), but the US's lack of paranoia about the alternative: big business and lawyers who are less accountable and transparent than government (and usually tell the government what to do anyway).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @08:32PM
"The bizarre thing is not the US's paranoia about governments (quite justified), but the US's lack of paranoia about the alternative: big business and lawyers who are less accountable and transparent than government (and usually tell the government what to do anyway)."
sure, but the reason being; dealing with a company is supposed to be voluntary, not like the government thugs, who like to spray kids in the back with mp5s.