Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An...
by zerostar07 on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:07PM
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> Oh, that does happen.
That's based on international law, while there is no such thing about privacy
Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An...
by mbroncano on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:27PM
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Actually it isn’t, in fact the US is kind of unique in that sense.
Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An...
by TomK32 on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:34PM
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There's also Eritrea.
Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An...
by rad_gruchalski on Sunday May 27, 2018 @06:49PM
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Wow, that makes it two.
Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An...
by pacifika on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:52PM
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https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 12
Re:Why You Can't Just Block EU Visitors, EU Customers, or An...
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:58PM
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The UDHR is "not legally binding" [1]. It was analogous to a House Resolution, i.e. setting out general principles upon which actual law would be negotiated. "International law" most properly refers to ratified treaties, which have the force of law in their applicable jurisdictions.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human...
You can't just build a firewall for data, especially as users will actually willingly export data. You look at the GDPR from a business side only and miss that it is about personal data and how that data has become a commodity that is being traded, mishandled and often abused.
So far none of the US-based services that I use has shut down or blocked me just because I'm under the protection of the GDPR. Those websites we see blocking users have either no interest in the European market (fair enough) or are indeed using shady practices.