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I don't know where this is pulling data from, but:

> Country United Kingdom

> Country (ISO code) GB

> In EU? true

Well, that's inaccurate for a start.

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> I don't know where this is pulling data from

Free version of MaxMind's GeoIP - a lot of services use them but the free version is the most inaccurate. That being said, not sure it's a mistake on the EU thing?

The UK has unquestionably left the EU.

Thought the underlying API may mean something else more generic, but no - just running an outdated version https://dev.maxmind.com/release-note/united-kingdom-will-no-...

The free DB has to be re-downloaded monthly IIRC.

Still uses GDPR though, so perhaps the label really refers to using EU data law save and they've not updated it to reflect this technicality.

Presuming that the "in-EU" is actually meant to refer to "subject to most EU legislation, and in particular the GDPR", then it's incorrect in the opposite way for Norway: it shows false.

I presume the reason is GDPR checking.

Has the UK data protection law deviated significantly from GDPR?

If that is the case, then it's incorrectly showing false for Norway, who as an EEA member is subject to the GDPR.

It is a GitHub project, there's already an issue for the UK:

https://github.com/mpolden/echoip/issues/130

Perhaps you ought to open one for Norway? (I don't think it would be appropriate for me to do it because I am not seeing the issue, not being in Norway.)

Done, thanks

AFAIK data protection law has not (yet, at least) deviated significantly in the UK vs GDPR.

But if that's the reason, it should be labelled as such: "GDPR applies" or something.

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