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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by slake on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:44PM (#16513305)
Point a is covered under GDPR. If you have German on your website their courts have jurisdiction. The language is so vague that they will have jurisdiction over all the world when it comes to PI privacy laws.
Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by icebraining on Sunday March 04, 2018 @04:08AM (#16513879)
If you have German on your website their courts have jurisdiction.

Nope:

"In order to determine whether such a controller or processor is offering goods or services to data subjects who are in the Union, it should be ascertained whether it is apparent that the controller or processor envisages offering services to data subjects in one or more Member States in the Union. (...) the mere accessibility of the controller’s, processor’s or an intermediary’s website in the Union, of an email address or of other contact details, or the use of a language generally used in the third country where the controller is established, is insufficient to ascertain such intention" (emphasis mine)

As long as German is used in the country where PG is located - and it is - then it's not enough to show that they're targeting German citizens.

https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-23/

Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by mcguire on Sunday March 04, 2018 @12:07AM (#16513352)
That's...a little disturbing.