You can’t just say “nah, fuck it” and not serve the page.
It’s only illegal if you say “nah, fuck it” when users decline to agree with your data collection terms, but offer it when they do.
This is an identical experience, independent of your (dis)agreement with their policies.
Wodge@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can, and it’s compliant. It’s a loss of potential business for companies that haven’t made the necessary changes, but they also don’t get your data.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
True, but it’s also a loss of access due to geographical location, which is the opposite of one of the original main tenets of the internet.
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 year ago
One of the main tenets of the internet is you can run your site the way you want, but nobody has to visit it. Kind of like free speech, you can say what you want but nobody has to listen to it.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not if “the way you want” is by serving malware without giving the user a choice or even informing them that they’re agreeing to malware by entering. That’s all the EU law mandates: seeking informed consent.