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by bcook 1355 days ago
> what would be accomplished by geoblocking a states's tourism site?

Avoiding GDPR compliance problems?
2 comments
mod 1355 days ago
Would it be common for a local government within a country to confirm to the law of another country?

Is there a compelling reason besides being friendly? Like treaties or something?

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kennend3 1355 days ago
A state tourism site complying with GDPR shoudn't be that challenging:

The UK GDPR sets out seven key principles: - Lawfulness, fairness and transparency. - Purpose limitation. - Data minimisation. - Accuracy. - Storage limitation. - Integrity and confidentiality (security) - Accountability.

Dont keep track of any user info and you should be OK?

Many of the blocked countries dont have GDPR regulations, so there is that.

There is also the vast majority of US government sites which are not geoblocked.

https://kentucky.gov/Pages/home.aspx - works just fine from Canada?

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