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27 votes
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Netflix, YouTube, Amazon and Apple accused of GDPR breach
27 votes -
Europe’s controversial overhaul of online copyright receives final approval
48 votes -
The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says
39 votes -
Will the switch to USB-C be good for repair?
25 votes -
YouTube anti-adblock detection is illegal in the EU
77 votes -
Why should any non-Euro companies care about the GDPR?
18 votes -
Why has Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU?
33 votes -
Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing
74 votes -
Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission
42 votes -
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on
81 votes -
Apple executive on adoption of USB-C under EU law
13 votes -
Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within twenty days
37 votes -
Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
35 votes -
WhatsApp announces messaging interoperability in response to Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA)
27 votes -
The EU’s fight for user-replaceable smartphone batteries
50 votes -
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach
33 votes -
Google responds to EU by adding a fee to Play Services
18 votes -
EU ‘gatekeeper’ list has five American and no European companies
43 votes -
The EU just destroyed the internet
3 votes -
EU committee approves new rules that could "destroy the internet as we know it."
13 votes -
US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals
17 votes -
The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has just been finalised
21 votes -
[SOLVED] US websites no longer work, at all, in EU (?)
So, I had an issue with the radionouspace.net website, referenced here. Since then, I've started hitting the exact same issue on a few other sites ... webpage never resolves, the browser just...
So, I had an issue with the radionouspace.net website, referenced here. Since then, I've started hitting the exact same issue on a few other sites ... webpage never resolves, the browser just spins its wheels until it times out.
I went thru and systematically shut down all of my add-ons, no joy. Tried other browsers, does not work anywhere ... except, oddly, sometimes, in TOR. On a hunch, I fired up my VPN service and tried to connect thru a US-based VPN server ... and there it is.
I have now confirmed, multiple websites (I'm assuming these are all US-based -- have not checked) no longer resolve for me, here in Hungary. Can anyone, anywhere else in the EU, confirm this?
I'm guessing this is the US response to the latest GDPR ruling against data-sharing across the Pond, but I'm on a "news fast" and haven't been keeping up-to-date ... anyone care to fill me in -- the "in a nutshell" version?
Update: Definitely something local-ish, probably specific to my ISP. VPN thru Hungary works, non-VPN thru Hungary does not.
10 votes -
Making Reddit remove content with EU law vs using a script
14 votes -
Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores under new EU law
23 votes -
Controversial Copyright Directive approved by EU Parliament
27 votes -
Meta’s Threads to launch in Europe in app’s biggest expansion since debut
9 votes -
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content
23 votes -
Prompted by Brexit, Google will move UK users' data out of Irish jurisdiction so they are no longer covered by EU privacy rules
21 votes -
Wikipedia blacked out across Europe in protest against laws that could change the internet forever
18 votes -
The EU could be about to ban memes and 'destroy the internet'
4 votes -
Intel hit with $400 million EU antitrust fine in decades-old case
27 votes -
Cory Doctorow: "The EU is about to end everything that's good and pure about the internet"
12 votes -
GDPR will pop the adtech bubble
13 votes -
Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers
22 votes -
Finland said it aims to teach 1% – or more than fifty million – of all Europeans basic skills in artificial intelligence through a free online course
11 votes -
The EU's copyright proposal is extremely bad news for everyone, even (especially!) Wikipedia
8 votes -
Question about GDPR
I am in the EU. I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am...
I am in the EU.
I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am the right person".
I never gave them an ID and a postal address in the first place so how would that verify anything, and I'm using the email that I used to sign-up with them to ask for the deletion.
Am I in the wrong to believe that this should be easier? Are they misinterpreting the GDPR or am I?
What are my options if I do not want to send my ID and postal address?
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Their arguments are:
Article 5(1)(f) of the GDPR requires us to meet security obligations in data processing. Since data deletion is permanent, we need to ensure that the request is indeed from the person concerned.
Furthermore, Article 12(6) of the GDPR states: "…when the data controller has reasonable doubts concerning the identity of the natural person making the request referred to in Articles 15 to 21, he may request the provision of additional information necessary to confirm the identity of the data subject."
10 votes -
EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app
14 votes -
First GDPR ruling: German court finds collecting domain registrar techincal/admin contact info violates Article 5
17 votes -
TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk
28 votes -
Meta loses appeal on how it harvests data in Germany
26 votes -
Europeans take a major step toward regulating AI
19 votes -
Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook
17 votes -
Europe will vote on internet censorship on the 20th
11 votes -
Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
10 votes -
Microsoft extending EU's GDPR rights worldwide
9 votes -
No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Ireland's Data Protection Commission says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched there
48 votes -
Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR
12 votes