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by ryandrake 2064 days ago
I don't know. "Our site is so hostile to user privacy that it's illegal in some places" isn't exactly something I'd be proud of. Nor is, "We might be in violation of GDPR and we might not--we have no idea so we're going to just block you."
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> Nor is, "We might be in violation of GDPR and we might not--we have no idea so we're going to just block you."

It’s not something to be proud of, but it is something I am sympathetic about. Modern laws (not just GDPR) are long and the language is often hard to understand.

I believe that laws must be simple enough to comprehend, or else they will not be comprehended and thus will be violated even by people who want to follow them — the phrase would be better if it was “ignorance of the law cannot be an excuse”, because that works both ways.

Even if you never actually did anything wrong, demonstrating compliance with GDPR delays releases and adds costs that never end.