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Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Re: Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Post by groby_b »

HTTP 451

"We recognise you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore cannot grant you access at this time. For any issues, e-mail us at info@franklinnews.org or call us at (847) 497-5230."

This is extremely funny given it's an article about privacy concerns :)

Re: Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Post by embedding-shape »

groby_b wrote: post #2

HTTP 451 "We recognise you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore cannot grant you access at this time. For any issues, e-mail us at info@franklinnews.org or call us at (847) 497-5230." This is extremely funny given it's an article about privacy concerns :)

I love seeing this, and love seeing regulations working exactly as wanted! What I see is basically "We're unable to serve this website without compromising your privacy, so instead of pretending or giving you a choice, we give you this message so you can turn around".

Re: Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Post by ciupicri »

embedding-shape wrote: post #3
groby_b wrote: post #2

HTTP 451 "We recognise you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore cannot grant you access at this time. For any issues, e-mail us at info@franklinnews.org or call us at (847) 497-5230." This is extremely funny given it's an article about privacy concerns :)

I love seeing this, and love seeing regulations working exactly as wanted! What I see is basically "We're unable to serve this website without compromising your privacy, so instead of pretending or giving you a choice, we give you this message so you can turn around".

Right... as if can trust some random American or other non-European website that it really respects the law. What are you gonna do if it breaks the GDPR law? GDPR ruined the Internet.

Re: Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Post by plandis »

groby_b wrote: post #2

HTTP 451 "We recognise you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore cannot grant you access at this time. For any issues, e-mail us at info@franklinnews.org or call us at (847) 497-5230." This is extremely funny given it's an article about privacy concerns :)

A US based non-profit news organization isn’t going to spend money to pay lawyers to ensure they meet a regulatory burden that doesn’t affect their core demographic.

Re: Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Post by fooqux »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #6

This all feels coordinated towards another goal.

Maybe I'm just a cynical bastard, but after reading the article I can't help but agree. They saw the light way too easily and the sponsors didn't push back at all. That's how it's supposed to work, yeah, but it's a far cry from anything I've experienced in my entire lifetime. Something's up.

Re: Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Post by al_borland »

> The right to opt out of its sale, and

Why the right to opt-out, instead of requiring sale of data to be opt-in?

I’m not sure how this stuff happens on the backend, but if I sign up for something and there is an opt-out page buried somewhere, I assume they’ve already sold my data by the time I can get to the opt-out page. I still make a best effort, but once it’s sold, it’s really too late. There needs to be an option to never sell it in the first place.

Re: Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

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Post by master-lincoln »

ciupicri wrote: post #4
embedding-shape wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love seeing this, and love seeing regulations working exactly as wanted! What I see is basically "We're unable to serve this website without compromising your privacy, so instead of pretending or giving you a choice, we give you this message so you can turn around".

Right... as if can trust some random American or other non-European website that it really respects the law. What are you gonna do if it breaks the GDPR law? GDPR ruined the Internet.

I'd argue greedy capitalists ruined it. They were also the cause of GDPR
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