Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR

Post by eveningcoffee » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:05 AM UTC

downandout wrote: post #192

s73v3r_ wrote: post #189

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"Only a tiny fraction of the companies avoiding EU traffic due to GDPR have any intention of “doing shady stuff with your data”." Says who? If they weren't doing shady stuff, they wouldn't be pulling out of the EU. The excuses of being complex are just that, excuses.

Says who? Says anyone with common sense. What percentage of sites do you think employ data scientists or would even know where to go to sell your data? Most sites do nothing more than throw GA on their website, and maybe some Adsense. You people decided to paint that as something evil. That’s your decision to make, but just understand that most of the rest of the world wants no part of $20M potential fines and will s…

Post by relics443 » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:06 AM UTC

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My point is, I have no clue what's collecting data in an improper way, and I'm not going to hire a lawyer for a hobby app. The amount of conflicting information about whether I do or don't need consent based on what services I use is just stupid. And I wouldn't even be showing ads. Part of the apps function is related to location, do I need consent? Maybe. It will use Firebase, do I need consent? Maybe. It will colle…

Welcome to the real world. If your little hobby project leaks the personal information of a real person, then they don't care how much of an unimportant side project it was to you. For purely personal use "hey guys, this is just a hobby use at your own risk" you won't get hit with gdpr Imagine if you were building cars for a hobby then selling them. Would you complain about all of those onerous regulations like seatb…

Post by redwood » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:11 AM UTC

bthdonohue wrote: post #5

Hey 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...

Post by always_good » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:22 AM UTC

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I'm sorry, I don't buy it. (1) you still hold the data, you are still required to comply with the law and cutting off access does not change that one bit. (2) the period for a response is long enough that once you would receive requests you could handle them in time even if you processed them manually. (3) you have been - or should have been - aware of all this for a very long time, either you failed at estimating th…

Weren't you the one previously saying that don't panic ( https://jacquesmattheij.com/gdpr-hysteria ) because of GDPR back in the day? And now you are advocating that they should have already complied with GDPR given its impact! Make up your mind. And this is exactly why this is such a shitshow. Stop attacking people who haven't complied because small developers have other things rather than trying to figure out wheth…

Post by Operyl » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:28 AM UTC

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But that's the reality. At least they're working on it and the fact that a lot of companies massively overreact means they at least take data protection serious now.

You don't ignore a law for 2 years and then just after it comes into force say "at least we're working on it". Honestly I thought the GDPR was a bit of an over reaction when it came out 2 years ago but seeing how little respect companies have for our data over the last few weeks I've been convinced it was necessary.