New Posts For Thread: The knock on effect of that web privacy legislation of a couple months agohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31431857/the-knock-on-effect-of-that-web-privacy-legislation-of-a-couple-months-agoAnyone else noticed the recent annoyance of US website either nagging you about it, or, and this has happened a number of times for me now, they just outright block people with EU IP addresses as they dont want to worry about any liability?I'm not taThe OP is talking about GDPR. This is an EU regulation that the EU JURY pushed through before the MEPs knew what was going on.Thankfully they caught them out on the next one on censorship in the guise of 'copyright' and there will be a debate by MEPshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31431857/the-knock-on-effect-of-that-web-privacy-legislation-of-a-couple-months-ago?post_id=555086741#555086741The OP is talking about GDPR. This is an EU regulation that the EU JURY pushed through before the MEPs knew what was going on.Thankfully they caught them out on the next one on censorship in the guise of 'copyright' and there will be a debate by MEPsSun, 22 Jul 2018 11:36:54 -0500Why wasn't these "protection laws" bought in when the internet first took off? They were implemented under Obama, never needed to put them there in the first place, it means they can be removed and censor through the back doorIn comes Trump and his mhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31431857/the-knock-on-effect-of-that-web-privacy-legislation-of-a-couple-months-ago?post_id=555086639#555086639Why wasn't these "protection laws" bought in when the internet first took off? They were implemented under Obama, never needed to put them there in the first place, it means they can be removed and censor through the back doorIn comes Trump and his mSun, 22 Jul 2018 11:24:52 -0500Let this sink in "they made legislation protecting the internet a few years ago, legislation that wasn't needed because the internet was good as it was, obviously the "terror" laws came into play, they were then able to sell the idea that the internehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31431857/the-knock-on-effect-of-that-web-privacy-legislation-of-a-couple-months-ago?post_id=555086581#555086581Let this sink in "they made legislation protecting the internet a few years ago, legislation that wasn't needed because the internet was good as it was, obviously the "terror" laws came into play, they were then able to sell the idea that the interneSun, 22 Jul 2018 11:18:36 -0500Thats the EU for you.Unnecessary legislation costing business time and money to implement and annoying consumers.99% of people just click 'ok whatever' and carry on as before.The EUs next one is to force AI on everything to stop copyright posts and chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31431857/the-knock-on-effect-of-that-web-privacy-legislation-of-a-couple-months-ago?post_id=555086429#555086429Thats the EU for you.Unnecessary legislation costing business time and money to implement and annoying consumers.99% of people just click 'ok whatever' and carry on as before.The EUs next one is to force AI on everything to stop copyright posts and cSun, 22 Jul 2018 11:06:52 -0500Anyone else noticed the recent annoyance of US website either nagging you about it, or, and this has happened a number of times for me now, they just outright block people with EU IP addresses as they dont want to worry about any liability?I'm not tahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31431857/the-knock-on-effect-of-that-web-privacy-legislation-of-a-couple-months-ago?post_id=555085893#555085893Anyone else noticed the recent annoyance of US website either nagging you about it, or, and this has happened a number of times for me now, they just outright block people with EU IP addresses as they dont want to worry about any liability?I'm not taSun, 22 Jul 2018 10:29:23 -0500