Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR

Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by protomyth on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:45AM (#17145121)

> What this means is that before you get lawsuit and fines, someone will talk to you and work with you to see how you can get compliant.

Can you point to the section of the legislation that says this? It would probably go a long way to stopping folks from freaking out.

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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by x0x0 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:35PM (#17147496)

There is none.

BTW: our privacy counsel, at a very good law firm, rates France as amongst the most aggressive of the regulators, given to assessing large fines.

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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by Fradow on Friday May 25, 2018 @05:07AM (#17151810)

I can't, since I'm pretty sure it's not in the legislation.

The law is enforced by humans, not robots, and those persons have a culture and habits.

Of course I could be wrong and they could start enforcing heavily on everyone on day one.

But they just don't have the manpower to do that, for starter. And that's just not in the culture either. Law is enforced differently in different part of the world. The US is known for punishment. Other parts are focused on redemption.

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