Good intentions- the General Data Protection Regulation

[Peter1469]

Good intentions- the General Data Protection Regulation

I imagine everyone here has gotten a lot of messages from their internet corporate contacts about new privacy policies - it is because the EU passed a new law that requires serious privacy protection requirements. Backlash: many internet based companies cut service to Europe.

For some of America’s biggest newspapers and online services, it’s easier to block half a billion people from accessing your product than comply with Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation.

The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Daily News are just some telling visitors that, "Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries."





With about 500 million people living in the European Union, that’s a hard ban on one-and-a-half times the population of the U.S.



Blanket blocking EU internet connections -- which will include any U.S. citizens visiting Europe -- isn’t limited to newspapers. Popular read-it-later service Instapaper says on its website that it’s "temporarily unavailable for residents in Europe as we continue to make changes in light of the General Data Protection Regulation."





A&E Television Networks has narrowed its EU blockade to limit the damage to its audience. Websites for its History and Lifetime channels greet the European visitors with a message that its "content is not available in your area," whereas the website for youth-focused Viceland remains accessible.





“Denying service to EU citizens does not absolve them of their responsibilities," says Julian Saunders, chief executive officer of Port, a U.K. startup selling software that helps clients control who gets access to data and creates audit trails to monitor privacy. "They still hold data on EU citizens and therefore they are required to comply and respond to subject access requests like everyone else."

This is an example of regulations probably written by big business, which are too expensive for small business to implement or challenge.

[MMC]

They best hope they don't cut their GPS. Just sayin.

[Peter1469]

They best hope they don't cut their GPS. Just sayin.

Sigh.

For my last deployment to the sandbox I had to re-qualify on land nav. Because of my position I had other duties when my unit did the land nav qualification. So they stuck me with a normal unit. Just a bunch of enlisted guys who were uncomfortable with the concept of moving through the swamp at night.

So I was a major with 10 lower enlisted. One or two of them took out their smart phones and did GPS magic. I told the group - those who want to live when you are in combat, come with me. The others can follow the GPS." The GPS guys got to our target 20 minutes before I did. But I was hip deep in water, with lots of vegetation, trying to stay on target with the compass. I hit is dead on.

Our army can't do this today. They need to stop spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to kill I person. Let the infantry do what it is meant to do: kill them first. KTF.

[donttread]

Good intentions- the General Data Protection Regulation

I imagine everyone here has gotten a lot of messages from their internet corporate contacts about new privacy policies - it is because the EU passed a new law that requires serious privacy protection requirements. Backlash: many internet based companies cut service to Europe.



This is an example of regulations probably written by big business, which are too expensive for small business to implement or challenge.

Probably. Long live the megacorps as now they even feed on " smaller large corporations".

[MisterVeritis]

Probably. Long live the megacorps as now they even feed on " smaller large corporations".

If your erection lasts longer than four hours you ought to see a doctor.

[donttread]

If your erection lasts longer than four hours you ought to see a doctor.

A doctor, a nurse AND the lab tech.!