Sites block EU users before GDPR takes effect

theguardian.com

4 pointssorokod3 comments

> "Organisations outside of the EU that are blocking access or refusing to provide their services to people within the EU are demonstrating how little regard they have paid to protecting the privacy and the personal data of their users"

Exactly. It's becoming very clear that the businessess that are complaining about / struggling to implement the GDPR are the ones that weren't respecting my privacy anyway. Good riddance

That's ridiculous. The costs and risks of staying in the EU market and getting to full compliance (as if anyone even knows what that means) are not zero, and if the benefits of being in the EU market are lower than that, you're better off pulling out. It's pretty simple.

That a site is unwilling to comply with GDPR should give users outside the EU some food for thought.

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