Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy...
by jacobsenscott on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @10:42AM
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More likely their site was built on the assumption of a free and open internet, and it would be a massive effort to rebuild it to comply with new regulations. And even if they did it would be obsoleted by future regulations. At this point serving static html to the EU is the only safe choice. Welcome back geocities!
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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy...
by sincerely on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:46PM
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>At this point serving static html to the EU is the only safe choice.
This seems like an improvement for probably 90% of the websites out there, so I'm fine with that.
Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy...
by pluma on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @11:36AM
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> At this point serving static html to the EU is the only safe choice.
Technically even serving a blank page means you need to also serve a privacy policy because accessing the blank page requires the user to submit personal data for technical reasons and they have no way to know whether you'll store it.
So, no, there is no "safe choice". Minimalise data use, use a generator to get a compliant privacy policy describing that use and treat your users with respect.