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by Rygian 1513 days ago
That statement means that they have chosen, by design, to be unavailable in Europe.

In Europe you must be able to prove that your software was designed from the ground up with enough safeguards for user privacy, as opposed to considering privacy requirements as a bolted-on afterthought.

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They would be able to argue that the data is anonymised.
Wouldn't it be hard to argue when it's explicitly stated that it's "de-anonymized"?
Oh, lol. That’s just dumb and unnecessary.
They explicitly say the data is de-anonymised because otherwise they wouldn't be able to directly contact users.