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Re:Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for ... by apexalpha on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:50AM (#18128594)
How does not selling your personal information to a third party block you from visiting a website?

GDPR is fine with the selling of information, as long as you have given consent in clear language and not buried in TOS.

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Re:Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for ... by mrep on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @01:40PM (#18132658)
I think he is referring to websites that are now blocking all EU users because of GDPR.

I'm surprised companies aren't just pulling the same move porn/alcohol websites use with age by asking the user if they are an EU citizen/in the EU and if they answer yes, send them to a static "we don't service the EU" page at which point everyone just lies so they can still access the page with the tracking.

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