GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloudflare Workers

Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by Jeremy1026 on Friday May 25, 2018 @03:37PM (#17157136)

Keep in mind, just blocking traffic out of the EU does not serve as GDPR compliance. EU citizens are covered by GDPR, not EU traffic. A EU citizen traveling to the US is still afforded all the protections of GDPR as they do back at home.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by Kalium on Friday May 25, 2018 @03:39PM (#17157168)

I understand why you think this way. After all, GDPR is about human rights!

In practice, GDPR is binding on businesses that operate within the EU. An EU citizen in the US doing business with a US-only company is not afforded any protections under GDPR.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by _rpd on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:07PM (#17157424)

> Provided your company doesn't specifically target its services at individuals in the EU, it is not subject to the rules of the GDPR.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo...

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by rarec on Friday May 25, 2018 @03:39PM (#17157160)

Genuinely curious; how is that even remotely possible to enforce?

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by bertolo1988 on Friday May 25, 2018 @03:45PM (#17157228)

It's not. If you have any legal disagreement with a company outside the EU they tell you to complain on that company origin.

I experienced this myself. EU is absolutely powerless outside their borders.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by nkkollaw on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:43PM (#17157777)

The way things are going, we'll start whole services shutting down completely, just to avoid trying to handle people's data responsibly.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by tathougies on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:10PM (#17158438)

If the business has no presence in the EU, then the EU is impotent to enforce their law.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by azernik on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:44PM (#17157790)

This is factually untrue.

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