Because the next thing you know the EU is suing you for billions of Euros.
I mean … as I understand the Europeans' law, only if you're doing dumb things to begin with, like giving users' data away to random 3rd parties hellbent on shoving "ads" down one's throat. If you had just made this site a simple HTML page that just had the information the MTA wanted to convey on it, AIUI the EU doesn't have a problem.
Which … the MTA does appear to be, sending requests to Google, LinkedIn, and some other CDNs.
I also don't think the MTA has any EU presence, so what are they going to do?
There is a massive difference between complying with the law and proving you comply. (Think: IRS audit.)
> don't think the MTA has any EU presence, so what are they going to do?
Send letters. The MTA would be obligated to respond to them, which means legal bills.
> The MTA would be obligated to respond to them, which means legal bills.
…why would the MTA be obligated to respond to them? They've no jurisdiction/sovereignty over an American transit agency.
Why would they audit themselves against laws that don't apply to them? (Again, jurisdiction?) I've never worked for a company that audited itself against every law from every nation on Earth; we complied with the laws where we had a presence and did business.
We're talking about a US transit agency. Even thinking about whether the EU has a problem with the agency's website is sort of absurd to begin with.
Not how jurisdiction works.
Contrary to what you seem to believe...There were more geoblocks when the EU law went into action a couple of years ago. There are less now.
Source for that?