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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @02:22PM (1 child)
Why would anyone expect any other reaction from U.S. companies. A government forcing them to do something that is complicated, expensive and unprofitable. It's a very simple cost-benefit analysis.
What is the cost of ignoring GDRP? (fines) call this A.
What is the cost of implementing what they want? (more staff, more hardware, loss of revenue from selling collected data) Call this B.
For some B > A. The answer is to block Europe to avoid the fines. Play coy about when you are going to have a solution and hope it becomes old news before you have to explain yourself.
For some A > B. Work on a solution. Until it is implemented you need to do another cost benefit analysis to decide if it is cheaper to block until you are ready or risk the fines.
Give the high-profile news about GDRP obvious failures are very likely to result in fines as there is a clear implication that the E.U. is trying hard to prove this regulation works. So, they are most likely looking for a high-profile target to fine and brag about in the news.
Those who don't actually do the cost-benefit analysis are probably doing it out of spite. But this is a simple business decision. What is more profitable (or less costly if no profit is to be made).
(Score: 2) by dwilson on Saturday August 11 2018, @03:19AM
More than that, even. A FOREIGN government forcing them? A US website, hosted in the US on hardware in the US, with owners who live in the US... so the EU passes the GDRP law and demands you comply. ...so what?
Unless you expect to visit the EU at some point in your life (and lets be honest, the vast majority of americans won't), you tell them to Get Fucked and get on with life. What can they do to you, realistically? Block your site at their ISP's level? Whoopity-do.
- D