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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by mtaksrud on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:04PM (#17148884)
True that the text doesn’t say this, but several of the privacy authorities in the different jurisdictions in Europe have been stating this publicly in interviews. The last one I saw was the ICO in the UK today on BBC Click saying exactly this...
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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by sdhgaiojfsa on Thursday May 24, 2018 @08:08PM (#17149597)
The text is what matters. You cannot defend yourself in court with the content of interviews.
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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by markus92 on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:28AM (#17151646)
Actually, you can in Europe. Context of law is more important than letter of law, as opposed to the US.
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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by krageon on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:51AM (#17151743)
Of course you can. Otherwise what would be the point of them in the first place?
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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by mtaksrud on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:31PM (#17149072)
...and maybe you should take a look at something like this https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/resources-and-support/d...
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Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea... by mtaksrud on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:15PM (#17148970)
https://youtu.be/GyUi8uB3VtQ
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