EasyDNS has an interesting position on GDPR compliance for businesses not based in the EU:

"All prior history of internet governance would have us taking the position that being a Canadian company we are going to operate by Canadian law, and not by European law."

Also:

"Sure, Google and Facebook and Apple do have to worry about this, because they’ve domiciled their foreign HQ’s in Ireland so that they can shelter all that foreign revenue from US taxation."

https://easydns.com/blog/2018/05/28/gdrp-why-should-any-non-euro-companies-care/

@starbreaker They have to obey by EU standards in cases where they are serving EU customers really.

Still... implementing GDPR is just good manners at this point.

@mareklach That's my understanding as well, but it'll be interesting to see how it works out in court.

@starbreaker The Verge seems to think that they have solved GDPR by this banner. They haven't.

Techcrunch has a better understanding in this regard, because the key to GDPR is for the people to have the ability to OPT-OUT of tracking.

@techbolt @mareklach @starbreaker Accept ad tracking or leave our site and delete your cookies.

Even though the ad-tracking is not a necessary feature for reading a plain-text article on the site.

@lordbowlich @techbolt @mareklach

I'd like to see site operators try to come to my house and force me to accept their shitty adtech. I could deal with them the same way I deal with Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses who ignore the "no soliciting" and "beware of cat" signs by my door.