alt Hacker NewsI’m still not clear why US companies with no business units in Europe feel the need to make any changes at all to be in compliance with a law that has no jurisdiction over them, but agree that Geofencing is a cheaper solution than asking a lawyer.
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advisedwang • today at 3:36 PM
They geoblock EU users so that the EU doesn't have jurisdiction over them.
jdlshore • yesterday at 10:32 PM
The GDPR states that websites that serve EU citizens are subject to it, no matter where they are. Many US news organizations chose to geo-block the EU rather than going to the trouble of figuring out compliance.
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Because they have identifiable owners who might wish to travel to Europe and not risk someone deciding to make an example of them.