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The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
came into effect on Friday, forcing companies to be more
attentive to how they handle customer data with severe penalties
for breaching consumers' privacy rights.
Privacy advocates have hailed the new law as a model for
personal data protection in the internet era. But opponents say
the new rules are overly burdensome and have warned of costly
business disruption.
By mid-morning, European readers trying to access the websites
of media outlets owned by the U.S. Tronc publishing group were
greeted by a message saying they were "unavailable in most
European countries."
The message did not explicitly name the reason for the problem
but included "GDPR" in the redirected web page address.
Tronc, headquartered in Chicago, owns some of America's biggest
newspapers, including the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, New York
Daily News and Baltimore Sun.
"We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options
that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU
market," said the error message displayed in response to
attempts to access the LA Times website in London and Brussels.
"We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that
will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism."
(Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Douglas Busvine/Keith
Weir)
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