EU Data Privacy Laws

The cluster focuses on discussions about why data collection features or services are unavailable or illegal in the EU due to GDPR and strict privacy regulations, often contrasting with weaker US protections and concerns over surveillance.

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Because it's European users whose data is being recorded on the order of a court that doesn't even have jurisdiction over them?

magduf Dec 7, 2018 View on HN

EU seems to be pretty concerned with data privacy, and they even have laws protecting it.

dtx1 Mar 28, 2021 View on HN

No, in the EU it's a violation of your personal rights due to GDPR and in many EU Countries there are local laws that mirror this. This is very much an American failure to have democratic control over what large businesses do.

r9295 Mar 5, 2023 View on HN

Yup.A good read regarding this:https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/01/14/will-europes-pr...

tmnvix Jul 31, 2017 View on HN

Illegal in Europe. Maybe by 'anonymising' the data they are satisfying the legal requirements of some other jurisdiction(s).

pjc50 May 7, 2016 View on HN

Why do you think European data protection directive rules won't work here?

closewith Jul 13, 2025 View on HN

Unlawful in the EU, thankfully. The US seriously needs to revaluate it's data protection laws.

marcosdumay Feb 10, 2022 View on HN

You can't send the data of EU people to companies subject to spying states.

zb3 Dec 9, 2024 View on HN

not available in the EU = might use everything you did there against you, sell that data to the higgest bidder

thetanil Dec 30, 2020 View on HN

In EU you would have to opt in since there are actual data protections for consumers (that's if it is abusing user specific data which I have to assume it is)