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muriel_volestrangler

(101,424 posts)
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:56 PM Jun 2018

Welcome to USA TODAY NETWORK'S EUROPEAN UNION EXPERIENCE

Click on a link to a USA Today article, and this is what you get from the EU:

Welcome to USA TODAY NETWORK’S EUROPEAN UNION EXPERIENCE
Learn More

Terms of Service Privacy Notice
© Copyright Gannett 2018

Yes, that is literally the entire screen. They're not going to show you a thing, but they have the nerve to call that an 'experience'. And take the piss with "welcome ...". And then mark this bit of bullshit as 'copyright'. Click on the 'Learn More' and you get:

A MESSAGE FROM USA TODAY NETWORK

It appears that you’re visiting us from a location in the European Union.

We are directing you to our EU Experience.

This site does not collect personally identifiable information or persistent identifiers from, deliver a personalized experience to, or otherwise track or monitor persons reasonably identified as visiting our Site from the European Union. We do identify EU internet protocol (IP) addresses for the purpose of determining whether to direct you to USA TODAY NETWORK’s EU Experience.

This site provides news and information of USA TODAY NETWORK. We hope you enjoy the site.

What bunch of patronising bastards. "We hope you enjoy the site". I've just seen the entire site you're going to show me in 10 seconds, and it's nothing more than a middle finger and a "fuck off" in "civil" language. At least other American websites that block traffic from the EU have the guts to admit it.
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Welcome to USA TODAY NETWORK'S EUROPEAN UNION EXPERIENCE (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 OP
This is interesting. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #1
a response to new EU website privacy rules they want the whole planet to follow... msongs Jun 2018 #2

msongs

(67,509 posts)
2. a response to new EU website privacy rules they want the whole planet to follow...
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:06 PM
Jun 2018

i do not sell outside the usa yet the EU expects me to comply with its bloated regs

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