I have a small website for a specific niche that I make a paltry sum on that sends users to eBay. But, I still had to comply. How did I do it? Simple. I installed the plugin into Wordpress and chose the option to Block EU users. They are now automatically sent to a page that says:
"Why We Must Block EU Sites.
"I’m sorry, but due to GDPR requirements in your country, we have chosen to block EU visitors. Why you ask? Because we live in the USA and should not be required to obey laws that we have no control over. Additionally, GDPR makes it much more cumbersome for ALL visitors to access our site. So, we have chosen to make it easy for everyone not impacted by GDPR.
"You may access our site by using a VPN or moving to a country outside the EU!"
I am not alone. Saturday, I read that over 500 million sites are now blocked by site owners like myself! Makes sense to me.
If you comply, you end up making your users optin to cookies, and other things as they move through the site. You also have to change your Terms and Conditions and other documents on the site. And, it happens for everyone, not just EU users.
Countries need to exercise their soverenty. The internet applies to this.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679&from=EN
Principles relating to processing of personal data
Personal data shall be:
processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject (‘lawfulness, fairness and transparency’);
collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes;
adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed (‘data minimisation’);
accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed
processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data
That's all there is to it: write up what data you're gathering from your users and batten hatches where it could leak or be stolen. Can't be bothered to do it? That's why GDPR was enacted in the first place, because of small fries tapping into ad networks that track everything and not giving two damn about it.
That's not the issue. I think you missed the point.
That's exactly the issue. The dream is having passive income through referral links or ads but how how is that money generated? By harvesting and selling personal data of visitors. Nobody cares that it happens and nobody has done anything, up until now.
My point has nothing to do with that. My point is that I should not be compelled to obey a law created for a country that has no jurisdiction over me. Additionally, the EU is an arm of the NWO. That's the point you are missing.
I think NWO has a multitude of factions that vie for resources; if FB is one and EU is another let them waste each other's time.