Maybe The Verge should sweep around its own door: https://imgur.com/a/0r28SZb
Yes - but never mind the requests, what's up with that "GDPR bar"? Where's the 'No, I do not want you to do this' button?
Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also: how they are going to decide who is EU user. GDPR apply to all EU citizens living abroad.
GDPR applies to data processors in the EU or for data subjects in the EU. Citizenship is irrelevant.
It might be not. But those falls into weird space and we will see how things are going to be played out in practice. I still think they have to conform GDPR, especially having prior data on EU users and involvement of parent company.
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#53Maybe The Verge should sweep around its own door: https://imgur.com/a/0r28SZb
Yes - but never mind the requests, what's up with that "GDPR bar"? Where's the 'No, I do not want you to do this' button?
Ah, never mind! It's a simple 56-step opt out process:
https://www.voxmedia.com/pages/cookie-policy#your-cookie-cho...
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#54Jesus christ, these cookie warnings are getting out of control. I'm not in EU, stop blocking half of my screen with them!
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#55They had years to prepare for that. I don't feel comfortable with them not being ready. Time to move to Pocket.
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#56This is a terrible move. They had effectively years to prepare for the GDPR and they already have some sort of rudimentary export and delete options. This step removes all the trust in Instapaper that I had in the past: They either are mismanaged or are not willing to tell the users what data they are collecting and how they use and monetize this data. And it should worry all users, not only users from the EU.
> effectively years
Not quite. LITERALLY years. Two of them. A bit more if they were keeping an eye on the matter while the regulation was being drafted (though I doubt very many were, I know I wasn't).
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#57Hey all – Brian from Instapaper here. We worked really hard to try to avoid a service interruption in the EU, but unfortunately we were unable to. We continue to work hard to ensure that the service interruption is as brief as possible. Let me know if you have any questions...
Are you hard-banning or is it possible to use it over VPN or in some other way? Asking for a friend!
I'm curious what an example of a "hard ban" might be?
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you hard-banning or is it possible to use it over VPN or in some other way? Asking for a friend!
I'm curious what an example of a "hard ban" might be?
Freezing account if it seems to be owned by EU citizen? GDPR applies to all EU citizens regardless of their location after all.
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#59Hey all – Brian from Instapaper here. We worked really hard to try to avoid a service interruption in the EU, but unfortunately we were unable to. We continue to work hard to ensure that the service interruption is as brief as possible. Let me know if you have any questions...
my question - why am I finding out about this on HN and not through the email supposedly sent out?
Re: Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
#60This is a terrible move. They had effectively years to prepare for the GDPR and they already have some sort of rudimentary export and delete options. This step removes all the trust in Instapaper that I had in the past: They either are mismanaged or are not willing to tell the users what data they are collecting and how they use and monetize this data. And it should worry all users, not only users from the EU.
> They either are mismanaged or are not willing to tell the users what data they are collecting and how they use and monetize this data. And it should worry all users, not only users from the EU. I don't know a ton about GDPR, but the article makes it look like it has less to do with Instapaper (aside from risk tolerance) and more to do with the ambiguity of the law. Some relevant quotes: > it’s more than likely to b…
> violating GDPR will cost a company 4 percent of its global turnover or $20 million, whichever is larger
You forgot "up to, depending of severity of violation".