Blocks or eliminates European users
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), or RGPD in Spanish, is a set of rules that will begin to take effect in the European Union on May 25. In them, greater transparency is required by websites and online services on how they treat users' information. This has forced large companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp or Google to change how they collect information and how they inform us of what they know. However, other companies with fewer resources have made more drastic decisions. Making the big change is a huge dilemma for the gigantic sum for companies not so big that are directly opting to block access to European users to their services or have been forced to close. Another reason is the large fines they face if they do not comply with the regulations.
A GDPR Shield web appears to European users, which through a simple JavaScript checks the country of origin of each person and blocks the access of European users. Although this is easily avoided using a VPN, websites that use it are not required to adapt to European regulations.
Some of the cases of closure or have blocked European users are the online game Ragnarok, which will close its European servers on May 25, as well as Super Monday Night Combat (SMNC), another online game with 6 years behind. (mobile marketing company), Brent Ozar Unlimited (SQL consulting), Unrollme (a website that removes your email subscription services) or Drawbridge (advertising tracking company) leave the EU. Other companies, such as Steel Root, are directly implementing the blocking mechanism for European users so that they do not enter their website. The fine can be up to 20 million euros or 4% of your annual income