Posted on 11/12/2019 7:32:02 AM PST by fruser1
I’ve notice an interesting post script in articles on wtop.com (DC area news station): “This website is not intended for users within the European Economic Area”.
Is this supposed to keep them out of trouble if they post something deemed as “hate speech”?
Maybe they’ve been doing it awhile and I just haven’t noticed it before.
GDPR I think it’s called. EU has a law that says websites can’t hold info on you for over seven years.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): What you need to know to stay compliant
Yeah, Europe passed legislation that is so onerous to comply with, it’s just easier to tell Euros they are not allowed to use the website.
Maybe the US would have the clout to force all websites to comply with something like that, but the EU ain’t the US.
It’s all about the cookies that websites collect
There ain’t nobody or nothing that I either desire or require from that chicken choking clusterbuck called the E.U.!!!
Nope, it’s got nothing to do with hate-speech or hacking.
1. hate-speech is only if within the boundaries of the countries - if its in the USA, its out of bounds
2. it’s due to GDPR - personal data management. You can’t retain the PI (Personal information) data without their permissions.
So if fruser1 logs on to a website - the website can track your login information and also cross-check to find your name, address and other personal details. But if you were a citizen of an EU country then it needs to ask you
1. Are you ok for us to keep this data?
if yes, then proceed
if no, then either it
a. says “sorry, go away”
b. has an alternative no-cookies site
personal data* includes, “any information relating to an individual, whether it relates to his or her private, professional or public life. It can be anything from a name, a home address, a photo, an email address, bank details, posts on social networking websites, medical information, or a computer’s IP address.”
Identification information: name, telephone, physical and email address and government ID numbers
Website data: location, IP address, cookie histories and RFID tags
Health, mental and genetic data
Biometric data
Racial, cultural or ethnic data
Political opinions
Sexual orientation
Tagged photos
For many US based websites it is difficult to go for option B, so, if they don’t need EU based customers they say “sorry but bye”
the US does have the clout - and more.
companies have to follow various US standards - and also note that the monetary system of the world flows through US banks, so being cut off, like iran is, can seriously dampen economics.
The “clout” of the EU is purely economical.
if the USA had such a law, you can see that every website in the world would rush to comply.
I give you FACTA as proof of that - the moment it was passed, every foreign bank dumped US customers by default
you don’t. however if you were the owner of a website that gets a lot of traffic from people who are citizens of EU countries, then you will look for ways to not retain people’s data.
FR is proof that you can do that - it doesn’t retain any PI data of people, because Jim isn’t interested in making money off selling people’s data to make a quick buck.
However, if you do collect people’s data on your website (a lucrative business), you can implement a policy allowing people to opt out or give them a lower-end screen.
many companies put the teaser “if you want to see more, share your data”
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