06-07-2018, 11:05
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usa newspaper websites
H, i see we are now barred(thank you E.U. muppets)from looking at many usa newspaper websites.Can someone tell me an easy way to gain access to these websites again.Cheers john
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06-07-2018, 11:56
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Re: usa newspaper websites
To be fair, it's down the websites, not the EU.
The GDPR changes have been coming for years, as has how to comply. Most websites that don't now comply have taken an active decision not to do so.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/0..._out_eu_users/
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06-07-2018, 12:09
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Re: usa newspaper websites
Use a VPN.
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06-07-2018, 17:38
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Re: usa newspaper websites
Many thanks pip.i have never needed to use a vpn before although I have heard the term used before.i downloaded tunnel bear and used the usa "tunnel"and bingo back to usa news web pages.So easy that you can bypass restrictions so easily!.cheers
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06-07-2018, 18:41
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: usa newspaper websites
It’s only some - I can still access the NY Times & WashPo.
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07-07-2018, 09:53
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Re: usa newspaper websites
Could not get chicago tribune which is the one i read the most.i did notice that you could get some news web sites and yet not others.Why can you get some and not others?,I would have thought it would be all news websites or no websites.Is this an individual papers choice or what?.
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07-07-2018, 10:26
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Re: usa newspaper websites
Quote:
Originally Posted by figgyburn
Could not get chicago tribune which is the one i read the most.i did notice that you could get some news web sites and yet not others.Why can you get some and not others?,I would have thought it would be all news websites or no websites.Is this an individual papers choice or what?.
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If it helps you i can access it using Opera Browser: Fast and Secure on my Android phone without changing any settings on Virgin Media, maybe there is a desktop browser that does something similar?
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07-07-2018, 10:29
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: usa newspaper websites
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/0..._out_eu_users/
Apparently, 2 years wasn’t enough to prepare for GDPR (unlike all the US sites that did).
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02-08-2018, 20:08
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Re: usa newspaper websites
What's was the specific issue as to why they are non-GDPR compliant. I thought GDPR was about personal data?
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02-08-2018, 21:22
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: usa newspaper websites
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Originally Posted by unbrako
What's was the specific issue as to why they are non-GDPR compliant. I thought GDPR was about personal data?
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ip addresses, cookies on your PC, etc., are personal identifiers - most US sites give you the options to select whick cookies you want to allow, the others haven’t set up this capability.
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