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.
@mareklach Fair enough. I found EasyDNS' post interesting because they aren't talking about adtech, but the WHOIS database, which stores names and contact details for everybody who rents a domain name.
@starbreaker Oooh, right! In that case implementing GDPR would mean I think just informing customers about all the details with regards to how these information are stored and where, and what information is stored.
They would also have to delete a user account IMMEDIATELY upon a user's request without keeping their data in a backup for however many days.
It really wouldn't be that hard to comply for them.
@mareklach
@starbreaker
@techbolt @starbreaker If that’s the case that’s not GDPR. GDPR must allow you to click to opt-out of tracking while still being able to use the site.
Ah ... see this article on Guardian... what they say about tumblr is exactly what happened to me...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/sites-block-eu-users-before-gdpr-takes-effect
@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.
"Beware of cats" ... that got me a chuckle...😀😁
I have never thought of trying that thinking of Magic the secret agent cuddlebug that he is.... but I am feeling inspired now...
@techbolt @mareklach @lordbowlich My cats like to escape and run into the front garden, thus the sign.
@starbreaker @mareklach If they have no EU assets, they can get fined but good luck to the EU on actually collecting that money.
@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.