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A comment on GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data protection rules. Parent comment

Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by jimmaswell on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:50PM (#17156785)
Are you disputing that GDPR disallows you from retaining visitor IPs, especially without explicit consent?
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Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by ascorbic on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:37PM (#17157720)
Yes. It's fine to retain IP addresses for a reasonable amount of time if you have a good reason to keep them, such as security. Just rotate them as usual, and don't keep them longer than you need.
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Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by DanBC on Friday May 25, 2018 @03:58PM (#17157329)
Consent is one basis for gathering personal information. It's only one, there are five others. Consent isn't always needed.

The fine for this would not be €20m either.

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