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
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”