• kibblebits@quokk.au
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    29 days ago

    They don’t actually have to comply with anything. Their website can be accessible to anyone. Only if they operate inside Europe do they have to abide by the GDPR.

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      29 days ago

      No, it applies as long as the user is in the EU https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/

      Whether Winnipeg Free Press is collecting personal data is a different question, but I’d take their geoblocking as either an admission or an indicator of (overly) paranoid lawyers.

      • kibblebits@quokk.au
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        29 days ago

        The EU has no way to enforce it. So it means nothing, even if they make it a law in Europe.