Also, you can keep logs (with IPs) if the purpose of the log is to prevent abuse. If you are only keeping the log on because it was the default, that is a bad reason to keep them, and is not in compliance with GDPR.
If you are keeping the log because you are selling the data to Facebook for data analysis, and are sad because you have to turn them off for EU citizens. I’m not sorry that you are forced to comply.
It's not strictly personal, in the sense that I post technical content which sometimes leads to me being hired for consulting engagements.
> If you are keeping the log because you are selling the data to Facebook for data analysis, and are sad because you have to turn them off for EU citizens. I’m not sorry that you are forced to comply.
I honestly cannot tell if you are trolling or not.
Do you truly think Facebook has a program where I can sell them my Apache logs of a few daily visitors?
Restaurants being subject to local laws around hygiene makes sense. It would be far stranger for restaurants to be subject to health codes from across the world just because tourists occasionally visit.
I had no say in GDPR but am forced to comply, despite the overheard it entails without any actual benefit to user privacy (in my case).