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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:31PM (#685579)

    If you export your x from the EU to a country with a different set of laws, then don't expect the EU laws to apply to what happens to the x.

    If X is a car, then folks would thing you are nuts to think the EU laws might apply.
    If X is your data, then why is it different?

    I can see that the EU can make rules for products sold in the EU.
    For example, does you computer work for you or for the folks that made it?
    That should prevent your computer from exporting your data without your permission.
    And might also prevent you from participating in the majority of the WWW.

    But if you choose to import something (like a vanilla web browser) , then this is should be between you and the EU.
    If the thing you choose to use exports your data, same story.

    The EU rules could be about making a safe enclave inside the EU.
    But this should not make an EU citizen captive inside, or try to tell folks outside what they have to do if the encounter an EU citizen who decided to go out.
    Unfortunately, they appear to do both of these things.
    Not all that different from telling folks they can't fish right off their shores.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:44PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:44PM (#685591) Journal

    I can tell that you either have not read the GDPR or, if you did, you didn't understand it.