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Hundreds of US News Sites Unavailable in Europe Two Months After GDPR

posted by mrpg on Friday August 10 2018, @04:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the ain't-gonna-happen dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Many US news sites have yet to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation after more than two months, leaving European visitors blocked.

Digital outlets run by Tronc, Lee Enterprises and GateHouse Media are among the hundreds of US news websites that remain unavailable within the EU, according to NiemanLab.

The General Data Protection Regulation, also known as GDPR, is designed to give the EU's 500 million citizens greater control over how their information is used online. Adopted in April 2016, its provisions became directly applicable in EU member states after a two-year transitional period.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @04:28AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @04:28AM (#719790)

    If sites like Facebook, which are privacy nightmares even for users and non-users alike, are still allowed to exist as they are, then even the GDPR doesn't go far enough. I wish the US could do something similar to Europe, but as we all know, it's a fundamental right to violate others' privacy on a massive scale.

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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Friday August 10 2018, @01:34PM (1 child)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 10 2018, @01:34PM (#719896) Journal

    The thing is, the new law should allow you to force Facebook to delete every detail they have on you.

    Right to be forgotten may primarily have been used by unscrupulous people trying to cover up their past misdeeds, but it's supposed to let you escape the claws of facebook should you decide to do so.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @10:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @10:32PM (#720100)

      Right to be forgotten may primarily have been used by unscrupulous people trying to cover up their past misdeeds (...)

      I think that is an artefact of the reporting, people that don't abuse the law aren't going to make the headlines.