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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by downandout on Sunday April 08, 2018 @11:40PM (#16790140)
There are thousands of types of sites, such as geographically focused message boards, local professionals, smaller ecommerce sites, etc. who are exposed under the GDPR but for whom EU traffic is incidental and worth nothing. A US plumber doesn’t need or want appointments in London, but is technically exposed under the GDPR. So for businesses like this, blocking EU traffic should be an easy decision - there is no downside.
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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by zorked on Monday April 09, 2018 @03:11AM (#16791015)
IANAL but I believe the GDPR is tolerant of incidental traffic. So if an European accesses a local job board in South Korea, the EU will not go after the Korean company and demand compliance. Now if said Korean company is running a job board for Berlin, in German, charging in Euros, etc. it's a different story.
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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by downandout on Monday April 09, 2018 @03:50AM (#16791167)
That, along with many other parts of the GDPR, is both open for interpretation and may vary from country to country within the EU. See https://aristilabs.com/how-the-gdpr-apply-to-your-us-based-c...
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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by dx034 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:35AM (#16801651)
That shouldn't be an issue. If you offer your services only within the US then you're out of scope. It doesn't matter if EU citizens visit your site, as long as you don't try to get any customers from the EU or target your content towards visitors from the EU you don't have to comply with GDPR.
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