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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by Tomte on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:57PM (#17157918)
> That's an optimistic view of dealing with government

Calling the data protection agencies "government" may be correct in some very legalistic sense, but is utterly wrong under any colloquial meaning of the word.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by Semiapies on Friday May 25, 2018 @07:25PM (#17158996)
Perhaps in Europe, but "government" has meant "the state" in the US for most of two centuries.
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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by barry-cotter on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:27PM (#17159820)
If they’re set up pursuant to legislation and paid for by taxes they’re the government.
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