05-25-2018, 08:36 PM
So,,, Europe has decided that certain websites that are Data Mining some Personal Information is Bad, But,,,, the Influx of Radical Muslims is OK!!??
I'm asking our European Members how this has affected you?
If at all?
Quote:U.S. Websites Go Dark in Europe as GDPR Data Rules Kick In
I'm asking our European Members how this has affected you?
If at all?
Quote:BRUSSELS—A new European privacy law took effect Friday, causing several major U.S. news websites to suspend access across the region as privacy activists filed complaints and data-protection regulators prepared to brandish their new enforcement powers.So,,, Privacy Activist have Filed Complaints for Data protection,,,, OK,,, Did any of these Activist File Complaints About All The Senseless Murders By Radical Muslims?
Tronc Inc., TRNC +1.43% publisher of the Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News and other U.S. newspapers, was among those that blocked readers in the European Union from accessing sites, as they scrambled to comply with the sweeping regulation.
“We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market,” the company said in notices it displayed when users attempted to access its news sites from the EU on Friday morning.
A spokeswoman didn’t elaborate when asked for details.
Other U.S. regional newspapers owned by Lee Enterprises Inc. LEE +2.04% were also blocking access in the EU on Friday. Bookmarking app Instapaper, owned by Pinterest. Inc., said it was “temporarily unavailable” while the services makes changes “in light of” GDPR.
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation authorizes steep fines for companies that don’t comply with the new rules, aimed at giving Europe-based users more control over the data companies hold on them. As of Friday, firms that violate the EU’s privacy rules risk fines as high as 4% of their global revenue.
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